Court of Cassation

Marine Le Pen, a far-right French politician, will run for president despite being convicted twice of embezzling public funds. A Paris appeals court reduced her political ban, allowing her candidacy, though she faces a suspended home detention sentence pending a final court ruling. Le Pen claims her campaign highlights resilience against systemic obstacles.

Marine Le Pen, a far-right French politician, will run for president despite being convicted twice of embezzling public funds. A Paris appeals court reduced her ban on holding public office, allowing her candidacy, but she faces a year of home detention with electronic monitoring, which may be suspended during the election campaign.

Marine Le Pen's presidential campaign hinges on voters overlooking her embezzlement conviction, which was upheld by a Paris appeals court but allows her to run while appealing to France's highest court. Her party, National Rally, had prepared Jordan Bardella as an alternative candidate after the conviction initially barred her from office, but the court's revised sentencing enabled her to campaign with limited restrictions.

France’s highest court will rule on Marine Le Pen’s appeal of an embezzlement conviction before the 2027 presidential election. Her guilty verdict was upheld, leading to potential house arrest, and the case may impact her campaign ahead of the April 18 first-round vote.

Marine Le Pen, a French far-right leader, states she will not run for president in 2027 if a Paris appeals court orders her to wear an electronic bracelet over alleged misuse of EU funds. The court will rule on her case, which involves accusations of misusing EU Parliament funds for party-related expenses between 2004 and 2016.