Marine Le Pen, a French first leader, tried and failed three times to become president. Even if her popularity rises now, if you are convicted of embezzlement on Monday, it may be prohibited to participate in the election to lead France.
This verdict was identified by Le Pen’s “political death” sentence and “very violent attack on people’s will.” It will cause a major political storm when the Fifth Republic of France seems to be increasingly functional disorders.
One of the prosecution, Nicolas Barrett, said, “We are in the legal field, not political, and the law is applied to everyone.
On the other hand, there is a fear that the fear expressed by some major politicians will be damaged by the suspicion that the ban is distorted by the growth forces of rights.
“Madame Le Pen must fight in the ballot box, not elsewhere. I wrote it on x November. He is now Minister of Justice.
Le Pen, 56 years old, controlled anti -immigration party as a mainstream in the roots of anti -Semitism. The party that she changed from the national front to the national rally is now 123 seats, the largest single party in the National Assembly.
The prosecution accused Le Pen and other members of other national assemblys that he had embezzled about $ 4.8 million of the European Union Fund.
Le Pen refused to prosecute.
Her lawyers argued that she was not at the time of the system’s claim, and the related people were political aides, not European councils. Le Pen was a member of the group from 2004 to 2017.
The prosecution led by Mr. Barret and Louise Neyton asked Le Pen for five years, three of which were suspended. 300,000-euro or $ 325,000, fines; And a five -year ban on public office.
Le Pen and her co -defendant’s goal said last year, “I presented a blunt European parliament to turn into cash.”
Even if Le Pen is convicted, the judge may give up the ban on the office.
But if it is imposed, the disqualification will exclude her from the 2027 presidential election. LE PEN depends on 2012, 2017 and 2022, and has steadily increased its voting stake to 41.45 %.
Ineligible verdicts for Le Pen may be appealed. However, it is not clear that the appeal procedure is slow and that a new trial or a prosecution case will be overturned before the 2027 election.
The National Assembly was reluctant to guess the results of the prohibition. Le Pen’s natural successor is a 29 -year -old Jordan Bardella, and Le Pen said he would be prime minister if he was president.
In a recent TV interview, Bardella said: LE PEN asked if he would run as president.
As the rights of anti -immigration rights increases in Europe, encouraged by the Trump administration, Le Pen is widely known as a strong candidate for 2027 votes, and perhaps his favorite candidates for 2027 votes.
Mr. Macron did not build a strong one. The party, his departure will create a vacuum in which more than six men, including Darmanin and former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, scramble to fill the president’s ambition.
The paralyzed paralyzed by four prime ministers and the sector during the 15 months last year made an impression that the confusing parliamentary elections and the parliament were hard to provide consistent governance.
Le Pen’s disqualification will inevitably reinforce the criticism of the campaigns that estimate democracy by the names of European nations, including the right side of the United States, including the JD VANCE vice president.
Hungary and Italian democracy have delivered the current leaders or descended to the right.
But of course, Europe has a built -in memory of how weak the weak democratic system and how long they destroyed them.
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of National Front, and Le Pen’s father repeatedly called Holocaust as “details” of history. She eventually deported him from the party. Le Pen died in January.
If the verdict is opposed to Le Pen, the 2027 presidential election will be the first election that had no Le Pen in almost 40 years.
Aurélien Breeden contributed to the report.
