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Le Pen’s July Appeal May Install Bardella as Candidate

7/2/2026

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Marine Le Pen awaits an appeal on July 7 2026 to decide her eligibility for the 2027 election.
A Paris court in March 2025 convicted Le Pen of misusing 4 million euros of EU funds, imposed a five-year ban, a sentence, and fined the RN €100,000 and €2 million.
If the July 7 ruling upholds the ban, RN president Jordan Bardella would become the party’s candidate.
Legal experts deem an overturn unlikely.

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Marine Le Pen awaits an appeal on July 7 2026 to decide her eligibility for the 2027 election.
A Paris court in March 2025 convicted Le Pen of misusing 4 million euros of EU funds, imposed a five-year ban, a sentence, and fined the RN €100,000 and €2 million.
If the July 7 ruling upholds the ban, RN president Jordan Bardella would become the party’s candidate.
Legal experts deem an overturn unlikely.