6 minutes agoMarine Le Penny banned from competing in France's 2027 presidential election
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)French politician Marine Le Pen was found guilty of misuse of European funds, with the goal of financing its far-right National Rally party. The court banned her from holding public office for five years, which means she won't be able to run in France's presidential election in the year [...]
The court banned her from holding public office for five years, which means she will not be able to run in France's 2027 presidential election.
Last year, prosecutors said Le Penny's sentence should not only be fined 300,000 euros and imprisonment, but also with the inability to compete for public office for five years, reports Radio Free Europe.
Le Pen was charged, along with more than 20 other senior party figures, with employing assistants working for her party, rather than for the European Parliament, which paid them.
During the trial last year, she denied that she had performed the smallest “irregularities, followed by “ Periscope.
Media like BBC report that Le Pen released the courtroom before the sentence was pronounced.
