The Paris court of appeal is to rule Tuesday afternoon in far right leader Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement case, in a decision that could determine whether she can run for president for a fourth time, or if she will step aside. Several scenarios are possible, and her political opponents are preparing for all possibilities.
Le Pen appealed a March 2025 conviction that found her and other members of the far right National Rally party guilty of misusing European Parliament funds by paying party staff with money intended for EU parliamentary assistants between 2004 and 2016.
