{"id":5221,"date":"2026-07-07T05:34:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5221"},"modified":"2026-07-07T05:34:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T05:34:21","slug":"marine-le-pens-2027-bid-for-french-presidency-is-at-stake-in-paris-court-ruling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5221","title":{"rendered":"Marine Le Pen\u2019s 2027 bid for French presidency is at stake in Paris court ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen \u2019s political future is on the line Tuesday as a Paris appeals court rules on her eligibility to stand in the next presidential election. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5219\">Kepler homers and drives in 4 runs to lead Diamondbacks to an 8-0 win over Padres<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The verdict will be delivered from 1:30 p.m. and could take several hours to read. It could reshape the 2027 contest to replace President Emmanuel Macron if it forces the popular Le Pen out of the picture. The constitution prevents Macron from seeking a third consecutive term.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen, 57, is appealing a March 2025 conviction that found her and other members of her National Rally party guilty of misusing European Parliament funds by paying party staff with money intended for EU parliamentary assistants between 2004 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The lower court sentenced her to prison time, suspended pending appeal, and imposed a five-year ban on holding elected office. <\/p>\n<p>Le Pen has denied any wrongdoing and still hopes to mount a fourth bid for the presidency. But a verdict that upholds a lengthy ban could make that impossible and suspend her career that has transformed the National Rally into a major political force.<\/p>\n<p>Such a verdict could also reverberate on the European Union, by sidelining a fierce critic of the 27-nation bloc.<\/p>\n<p>If she is barred, her protege Jordan Bardella would replace her. Bardella, 30, is the current president of the anti-immigration, EU-skeptic National Rally.<\/p>\n<p>Other outcomes also are possible. The appeals court could still find Le Pen guilty but reduce the ban on holding elected office to two years or less \u2014 or impose no ban at all.<\/p>\n<p>A ban of two years or less would expire before the first round of the French presidential election, scheduled in April 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5217\">After his suspension was lifted in scrutinized move, Balogun has little impact in US World Cup loss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But that does not automatically mean Le Pen would run. She has said that if the court imposes other constraints that make campaigning difficult, she might decide not to run. That could include any prison sentence, electronic monitoring or other judicial restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf I\u2019m allowed to be a candidate but am effectively prevented from campaigning freely, then you understand that wouldn\u2019t be possible,\u201d Le Pen said in an interview last week.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors asked the appeals court to sentence Le Pen to four years in prison, including three suspended, in addition to a ban on holding elected office for five years. <\/p>\n<p>They accused Le Pen of being at the head of a \u201csystem\u201d meant to \u201csiphon off\u201d EU public funds to the benefit of her party.<\/p>\n<p>Although prosecutors did not ask for it, the appeals court is free to order the ban on holding elected office to take immediate effect, like the lower court did.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen could still appeal to the Court of Cassation, France\u2019s highest court, but it\u2019s unclear whether judges would suspend the sentence pending a final ruling. <\/p>\n<p>The Court of Cassation has previously said that, if asked to review the case, it would seek to issue a ruling before the 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=5215\">Multiple power outages in central NC reported by Duke Energy; massive tree falls on house in Franklin County<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS (AP) \u2014 French far-right leader Marine Le Pen \u2019s political future is on the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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