LE PEN VERDICT LIVE | Is Marine Le Pen Banned From the 2027 French Presidential Election?

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LE PEN VERDICT LIVE | Is Marine Le Pen Banned From the 2027 French Presidential Election? PARIS — A Paris appeals court is set to deliver a high-stakes verdict on Tuesday, July 7, 2026, that will determine the political destiny of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and reshape the landscape of the 2027 French presidential election. The court is ruling on Le Pen's appeal against her March 2025 conviction for embezzling European Parliament funds to illicitly finance her National Rally (RN) party, formerly the National Front. The original ruling handed Le Pen a five-year ban from public office, a €100,000 fine, and a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended. Should the appeals court uphold the five-year ineligibility ban, the 57-year-old nationalist figurehead will be legally barred from making her fourth bid for the French presidency next year, forcing her 30-year-old protégé and RN President Jordan Bardella to step in as the party's primary candidate. While Le Pen has con

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