France. Marine Le Pen appeals. Consideration before the election is possible but difficult

Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French extreme right on Tuesday, appealed against a court judgment, which prohibits her applying for public positions for five years. The court's decision means that Le Pen at the moment cannot run in the President of France in 2027.

Court against Marine Le Pen He imposed on Monday a prison sentence for four years, including two suspended, a five -year ban on applying for public functions and a fine. The verdict is the final of the trial in which the head of the far -right National Assembly and many other members of this party were accused of fictitious employment of deputy assistants in the European Parliament.

While imprisonment will not be carried out until the court road is exhausted in higher courts, the ban on applying for public functions, in practice – a ban on participating in elections – is enforced immediately.

On Tuesday, the deputy of the National Union Laure Lavalette announced that Le Pen had appealed against the court's judgment.

Appeal against the court's decision in the LE PEN case

The possibility of considering the appeal before the presidential election in 2027, in which Le Pen wants to run, is considered technically possible but difficult. It is estimated that the trial in a higher court can take place at the earliest in the year, in the spring of 2026. The verdict would have passed after another few months – as AFP estimates – not earlier than in autumn 2026.

AFP says that in comparable cases in recent years, a higher court in Paris considered the case even after two years.

Even if it happened after a year, the verdict of a higher court in the LE PEN case would be known a few months before the presidential election, in which Le Pen wants to run. They will take place in the spring of 2027.

Preparation of the candidacy and campaign is assessed as difficult in these conditions. The question still remains whether the higher court will set aside the judgment issued by the lower court, including a ban on starting in elections.

Marine Le Pen with a five -year ban on applying for public positions

In the event of failure, Le Pen still has the opportunity to appeal to the cassation court, the equivalent of the Supreme Court. If he ruled that the judgment was issued unlawfully, the case is referred to reconsideration, already in another appeal court. After exhausting the legal path in France It is possible to address the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.

A five -year ban on applying for public functions means that in the event of the launch of early parliamentary elections, Le Pen could not apply for a deputy mandate. However, formally there are no obstacles that in the event of her national union won in the parliamentary elections, the government will head. The premiere appoints the president in France.

In France, the president has the opportunity to pardon the convicted person, but this occurs after the court is exhausted.