Marine Le Pen's Embezzlement Verdict: Impact on Presidential Candidacy
Paris' appeals court is expected to deliver a verdict on Marine Le Pen's embezzlement case on Tuesday, which could impact her eligibility as a presidential candidate in the upcoming election. The 57-year-old Le Pen is challenging a previous conviction from March 2025, where she and other members of her National Rally party were found guilty of using European Parliament funds improperly by compensating party employees with money allocated for EU parliamentary assistants from 2004 to 2016.