Marine Le Pen, a member of the parliament and the French Extremely Rally Rally Rally Rally (RSSEMBLEME NATIONAL – RN), arrives at the headquarters of the RN party in Paris, France, July 1, 2024.
Benoit Tessier Reuters
The political future of the extreme right -wing leader of the French National Assembly Marine Le Pen hangs in balance with judges in Paris to issue his verdict on Monday in the process of embezzlement.
If he is found guilty, Le Pen may face EUR 300,000 (USD 325,000), a prison term and an immediate five-year ban on the Public Office-what would prevent it from launching in the presidential election in 2027.
This result would cause a powerful right -wing wing of France in disarray while when Le Pen is a leading survey of opinions before the next presidential vote.
Le Pen and 24 other members of its political party, Rassemblement National, are accused of developing over EUR 3 million ($ 3.3 million) of European Parliament funds to pay staff based in France.
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The state prosecutors asked Le Pen to face the immediate five -year ban on the public office, if he was found guilty, using the so -called “temporary performance” that would ignore all appeal processes, Reuters said. He noted, however, that judges could accept, modify or ignore the applications of prosecutors.
Le Pen is widely expected to start an appeal against conviction if he is found guilty.
Before the verdict of Le Pen, she said that she hopes that the judges in Paris Criminal Court show pardon on Monday.
“I'm waiting for the decision” Le Pen said in an interview with La Tribune DimanchePublished on Saturday and translated by Google.
“I read here and there that we are nervous. Personally, I am not, but I understand that people can be: with temporary execution, the judges have the power of life or death over our movement. But I do not think that they will go so far” – she added.
The Le Pen process has cast a shadow in relation to a strong Renaissance on a national so in recent years; The party won the first round of parliamentary elections Last summer before the leftist alliance of the country He won the second round.
France was in political chaos last year after Macron He called the elections After a serious defeat in the EU elections. Then the president appointed centrician Michel Barnier to lead the conservative minority government, but it turned out to be short -lived, because the government ultimately did not obtain support from the left and right in the case of budget plans in 2025.
The new centristic row under Francois Bayrou managed to pass the budget, after a concession to the left, but remains susceptible to political pressure both left and right.