The appeal comes after a French court last year barred her from running foroffice for five years over a European Parliament fake jobs scam involving herand other officials from her National Rally party. The three-time presidential candidate was also handed a four-year prisonsentence, with two years suspended, and fined 100,000 euros ($116,000). Earlier on Tuesday, Le Pen said she was hopeful the court would listen to herside of the story. - Risk of reoffending -The initial verdict dealt a heavy blow to Le Pen and the RN, which has surgedin French politics in recent years. After coming third in the 2012 presidential polls, Marine Le Pen made therun-off in 2017 and 2022 but was beaten by Emmanuel Macron on both occasions.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha January 13, 2026 13:21 UTC