Court provides for judgment on Le Pen’s inelicity « in the summer of 2026 »

The 2nd court of Paris announced on Tuesday that “three appeals” of the conviction was presented that became ineligible the leader of the French far-right, Marine Le Pen. Your analysis “should allow a decision in the summer of 2026”

If such a period is met, this means that a second decision in this case of misuse of European funds by the political leader to pay to his party employees will be rendered several months before the presidential election in France, scheduled for 2027.

In an interview given Monday night to TF1, Marine Le Pen condemned what she classified as « a political decision » and « practices reserved for authoritarian regimes. »

The National Union leader appealed to “justice to hurry” to reion her conviction to five years of ineligibility, with immediate effect, and four years in prison (two of which are attenuated to use a bracelet) for diversion of public funds.

The polls attribute to Le Pen the front position in the first lap of the 2027 presidential elections.

The Paris Criminal Court ruled on Monday that a “system” was effectively put into practice between 2004 and 2016 to make “savings” in the far-right national party (which became a national union in 2018), using the European parliament money to pay the assistants of the deputies who in practice worked for the party.

23 more people were convicted, along with the party, in this case.

At a press conference, Marine Le Pen accused the French judicial system of “launching a nuclear bomb” with her decision that prevents her from running over the next five years to public positions subject to universal suffrage.

« We will not let this happen, we will defend the French people, who have the right to vote for anyone, and defend the country, which is being disrespected, » he said, stressing that Le Pen stressed that « will use all means to their reach so that the French can freely vote for their future leaders. »

« Justice and truth must prevail, » he said. « The legislative elections stole us and we will not let us steal the presidential elections, » he continued, accusing the magistrates of « interference » in political matters. « They judged me in a process that is, above all, political, » he noted.

Then, the National Union announced the summons of a demonstration for next Sunday in Paris, supported by Le Pen. Such mobilization was questioned by former Prime Minister Gabriel Attal. « It is a demonstration against the independence of the judicial power, » which is one of the pillars of democracy, argued the current secretary general of the Renaissance Party, French President Emmanuel Macron.

For its part, the chief prosecutor of the country’s 2nd court, Rémy Heitz, argued that the judicial verdict against Le Pen was issued by three judge