"Le Pen's sentence reinforces the National Rally's discourse"

After French justice has reduced Marine Le Pen's sentence in the case of embezzlement of European funds, the leader of the National Rally (RN) has announced that she will run again in the presidential elections, which will be held in April 2027. Luc Rouban, director of the National Centre for Scientific Research at the Centre for Political Research of Sciences Po, analyzes in conversation with ARA the consequences of the ruling for the far-right party.The Court of Appeal insists on the need to respect "the elector's freedom of choice". Can we speak of a judicial system that, in the face of political and media pressure from the Le Pen affair, adjusts its doctrine on the ineligibility of convicted political officials?

"Le Pen's sentence reinforces the National Rally's discourse"

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