Marine Le Pen expressed her determination, Sunday, November 23, to become a candidate for the National Rally (RN) in the 2027 presidential election, denying this. “rejection” after a statement on his judicial calendar that could have been interpreted as a form of resignation.
“No, I didn’t give up at all, I was very aggressive”he said in an interview with Western France. “I mean, if the Court of Cassation makes a decision too close to the election date, the National Rally campaign will not be able to take place in good conditions”he added.
Under such circumstances, the leader of the right-wing party would have to hand over his post to the party’s president, Jordan Bardella.
The sentence was five years ineligible
Charged with acts of “embezzlement of public funds” and “engagement in the misappropriation of public funds” in the affairs of the assistant to the European parliament, the president of the group of RN deputies in the National Assembly was sentenced, in the first instance, in March, to four years in prison, two of which can be commuted to an electronic bracelet, a fine of 100,000 euros, as well as a five-year ineligible sentence with immediate execution. A decision that jeopardizes his candidacy in the 2027 presidential election and the subsequent legislative elections.
He will be tried on appeal from January 13 to February 12 2026. The appeal court decision is expected in the summer but Marine Le Pen envisioned it in an interview on Western France so it can be shipped in September. “I have said that I will not jeopardize my political party’s chances in the presidential election by resigning.”he complained.
At the beginning of November, the Chief Deputy RN confirmed that he would not run for office “obviously not” in 2027 if his sentence is upheld on appeal and he will therefore announce his decision immediately, without waiting for a possible appeal.
