A court can eliminate Le Pen’s hopes today for the presidential post

The French court can end the Hope of Marin Le Pen’s hopes today to run for president as it may take her right for 5 years to compete for an election post. The vote is in the spring of 2027.

The French Constitutional Council ruled on Friday that local politicians could be immediately removed from office if they were found guilty of a crime, whether it appealed. Le Pen will not be removed from her place in parliament until the term has expired, but will prevent her from participating in new elections.

Usually in France, penalties are not imposed until all appeals are exhausted, as the presumption of innocence continues to apply. The process may take years.

The Council issued its decision on a completely different case (as an adviser from the Mayot of the Indian Ocean), which does not include Le Pen. But his decision means that she will face the prospect of not being able to run for president in 2027, if the court follows the recommendations and condemns it in the course of assignment, which ends on Monday.

Prosecutors in the appropriation process have requested that the leader of the National Assembly (RN) be deprived of public office for five years. Anticor, the French Anti-Corruption Association, said such bans are « one of the most effective means of eliminating selected employees who have seriously undermined democracy from public life. » « This welcome decision comes against the backdrop of increasing distrust among certain political leaders to the judiciary, which can undermine the rule of law, » the statement said.

Le Pen, RN and about two dozen party figures have been charged with diversion of over € 3 million from the European Parliament for pay not for the EP activity, but of employees working for the party in France. The defendants claim that the money was legally used and that the accusations include a very narrow definition of what a parliamentary contributor is doing.