Appeals Ruling on Marine Le Pen on 07.07.2026: Decision with Signal Effect for the 2027 Presidential Election

Paris - 05.07.2026: The Paris appeals chamber will announce its judgment on Tuesday, 7 July 2026, in the proceedings against Marine Le Pen. The question is whether the former party leader of the Rassemblement National will become politically active again after the ban on eligibility imposed in March 2025, or whether the sanction will be upheld. In the first instance Le Pen was found guilty in connection with fictitious assistant positions at EU level; the judgment included, among other things, five years of disqualification from standing for election, which was ...