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Le Pen Verdict: The Rationale, the Criticisms, and the Politics

President of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, on March 31, 2025. The veteran far-right politician was convicted of creating fake jobs at the EU parliament to channel funds to her party to employ people in France on March 31, 2025 and was banned with immediate effect from standing for office for five years, throwing into doubt her bid to stand for the French Presidency in 2027. Le Pen will appeal her conviction, her lawyer said. (Photo by Thomas SAMSON / POOL / AFP) Photo by THOMAS SAMSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

By Etienne Fauchaire
4/7/2025 Updated: 4/7/2025


News Analysis


A verdict by the Paris Criminal Court on March 31 drew strong reactions across the French political arena. Marine Le Pen, a prominent figure on the nationalist right and a three-time presidential contender, was convicted in a long-running case involving her party’s use of European Parliament funds to pay assistants. The ruling bars her from running in the 2027 presidential election.

For the first time since 1981, the Le Pen name could be absent from the ballot entirely.

The Paris court’s verdict against Marine Le Pen reverberated beyond France’s borders, drawing international criticism from prominent conservative leaders, including Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, and U.S. President Donald Trump.

Trump, writing on his social media platform Truth Social, offered his unequivocal support on April 4.

“Free Marine Le Pen!” he wrote in all caps.

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