French politician Marine Le Pen at an election gathering in Paris, 6 April 2025. © Adnan Farzat / NurPhoto / Getty Images
The European Court of Human Rights (ETPC) rejected the request of a right-wing veteran French politician Marine Le Pen to suspend a five-year ban on elections, including in the 2027 presidential election resulting from a conviction for embezzlement.
‘In any event, the direct hazard of irreparable harm to the law protected by the Convention or its protocols has not been demonstrated’ – wrote the court in a press release on Wednesday.In March 2025, the French justice found the erstwhile leader of the largest opposition party, the National Assembly (NN), guilty of misappropriation of public funds for RN Members' assistants to the European Parliament;Instead, they were utilized for staff salaries in France.Le Pen denied any allegations and appealed against a judgement she felt was political.Le Pen ran for president in 2017 and 2022, losing in both rounds to president Emmanuel Macron.
The National Assembly is now the 3rd largest organization in the National Assembly.On Wednesday, police raided the seat of the National Council (NRC) in Paris as part of an investigation into alleged violations of run financing and fraud.
National Council Leader (RN), Jordan Bardella, condemned the search as an effort "destabilize the organization and bring it to financial ruin".U.S. president Donald Trump and Vice president J.D. Vance publically expressed their support for Le Pen, which the French authorities considered interference in interior affairs.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/621266-marine-le-pen-court-ruling/
