Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Rassemblement National party in France, lost her appeal against an administrative court ruling declaring her ineligible for public office following a conviction for embezzlement. The court's decision automatically resulted in her resignation from local office, while judges opted for an immediate ban rather than allowing her to exhaust her appeals process. This legal setback raises concerns about her candidacy for the 2027 presidential elections, with pending challenges regarding the application of this ban and its implications on her current positions.
The Lille tribunal ruled that the electoral code requires "the Préfet to automatically declare the resignation of a departmental elected official declared ineligible by the criminal court, by a provisionally enforceable judgement."
Le Pen's lawyers have posed a question prioritaire de constitutionnalité (QPC) to the Conseil Constitutionnel to consider the legality of banning a candidate who has been convicted by the courts, but who has not yet exhausted the appeals process.
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