US EditionFrench prosecutors seek to ban Marine Le Pen from office, jeopardizing her 2027 presidential bid
Prosecutors seek to uphold convictions and impose a five-year ban on Marine Le Pen and party officials over a fake jobs scam misusing European Parliament funds.
- On Tuesday, French prosecutors asked a Paris appeals court to bar Marine Le Pen and National Rally officials from office, with prosecutor Thierry Ramonatxo saying the alleged misappropriation gave the party a `concrete advantage`.
- Le Pen, 57, is appealing a March 2025 ruling that found her guilty of misusing European Parliament funds in hiring aides from 2004–2016.
- During the appeal trial that started last month, prosecutors told judges that acts were `deliberately and carefully concealed` and denounced `a system` set by party leaders, according to Stéphane Madoz-Blanchet.
- The court may announce a verdict possibly before summer, with Le Pen facing up to 10 years in prison and a €1 million fine, involving 10 other defendants. Jordan Bardella is her designated successor.
- Le Pen had been viewed as a potential front-runner for the 2027 presidential election until last year's ruling, while prosecutors argue the acts were deliberately concealed to financially advantage the National Rally party.
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Marine Le Pen faces BAN from running for office in crushing blow to presidential hopes
Right-wing firebrand Marine Le Pen could soon see her ban for running from office in France's presidential election upheld.Ms Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally (NR) party, is in court trying to overturn a conviction for embezzling of European Parliament funds.She was found guilty of running a "system" to divert EU funds towards the NR, and was sentenced to four years in jail, with two suspended.But amid her appeal, French state prosecutor…
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DnoticiasThe prosecutors applied for four years' imprisonment and amounting to EUR 100 000 in the appeal, but they proposed that ineligibleness should not be immediate.
Le Pen was sentenced last year to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, for illegally funneling European money into her party's coffers.
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