US EditionMarine Le Pen tells appeal trial she had no sense of doing anything wrong
Marine Le Pen appeals a March 2025 embezzlement conviction and five-year office ban amid legal scrutiny over alleged misuse of European Parliament funds affecting her 2027 bid.
- On 13/01, Marine Le Pen opened an appeal against a corruption conviction that currently bars her from the 2027 presidential race.
- The appeal challenges allegations that European Parliament staff funds were funneled back to Le Pen's party, with 24 convicted individuals, while Le Pen and supporters call it `lawfare`.
- Party strategists are considering Jordan Bardella, National Rally number two, as a Plan B candidate, while Le Pen recently voiced support for convicted former president Nicolas Sarkozy.
- The case has drawn international attention as the United States denies plans to pressure judges involved and France 24, broadcaster, calls it a `Big stress test for the West’s rules-based order.`
- Timing for the appeal heightens pressure as a verdict nears, getting awfully close to Election Day, complicating Marine Le Pen’s National Rally strategy for 2027.
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Le Pen Trial: A Precarious Balancing Game
The appeal trial of Marine Le Pen, who is being tried in the case of the Front National’s European parliamentary assistants, accused of having used European funds to pay staff for domestic political tasks, opened in Paris on Tuesday, January 13th. The stakes in this new legal episode are immense, as it will determine whether or not the national right-wing MP will be able to stand in the 2027 presidential election. Last spring, Marine Le Pen, hea…
Our columnist goes back to Marine Le Pen's judicial strategy The appeal trial of Marine Le Pen and a few others opened on Tuesday, January 13. Jordan Bardella reaffirmed her full support for the latter "which will convince her of her innocence." Without necessarily being counterproductive, such political support will in any case have no impact on the course of the upcoming judicial proceedings.
Marine Le Pen is on trial again. The explosive appeal process is about whether the right-wing woman can take part in the presidential election in France. The verdict may have consequences for the whole of Europe.
Marine Le Pen tells appeal trial she had no sense of doing anything wrong
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on the opening day of her appeal trial on Tuesday, which will determine whether she can run in the 2027 presidential election, that she had no sense of having done anything wrong.
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