Marine Le Pen and twelve co-defendants have appealed their convictions in an embezzlement case involving the far-right National Rally party. A Paris court found that they had fraudulently employed assistants using European Parliament funds. The verdict included a partially suspended jail sentence, a fine for Le Pen, and a five-year ban on her political participation, threatening her 2027 presidential campaign. However, with the Court of Appeal set to review the case by summer 2026, Le Pen remains hopeful about reversing the decision as public polls still indicate her popularity for the first electoral round.
On March 31, 24 people were convicted by a Paris court which found that the far-right National Rally (RN) had fictitiously employed assistants on European Parliament expenses.
Le Pen was given a partly suspended jail term and a fine, and was banned from taking part in elections for five years, impacting her presidential aspirations.
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