In the court of appeal Maine Le Pen’s election ban has been reduced to 45 months:
“The court found that the enforcement of this penalty since March 31, 2025, has already remedied the breach of integrity to an extent compatible with the fundamental guarantees afforded to citizens, and that disregarding this would undermine the principle of freedom of candidacy, an essential condition for the democratic exercise of universal suffrage.”
Le Pen was sentenced to three years in prison, including two suspended and one to be served at home with an electronic bracelet. And a 45-month ban on standing in elections with a €100,000 fine – she now has to choose whether she wants to run in 2027…
Marine Le Pen and eight MEPs have been found guilty this morning of misappropriation of public funds. The case revolved around the alleged embezzlement of EU funds to pay RN staff for party work…
Sentencing will occur today and could bar Le Pen from holding public office for five years. The next presidential elections are in 2027. The prosecution asking for that one…
UPDATE: Le Pen barred from running for public office for 5 years with immediate effect. She is sentenced to two years under house arrest with an ankle tag, with two more suspended. Goodbye to that bid…
Jordan Bardella says: “It is not only Marine Le Pen who is unjustly condemned: it is French democracy that is being executed.”
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”