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Marine Le Pen
Marine Le Pen is a French politician and member of the National Assembly, and was formerly a Member of the European Parliament. She was convicted in 2025 and on appeal in 2026 of embezzlement of public funds over European Parliament assistants, and her appeal to the Cour de cassation is pending. Member of the European Parliament 2004 to 2017 and member of the French National Assembly from 2017.
| Type | Person |
|---|---|
| Jurisdiction | France |
| Matters on record | 1 |
Claims and responses
Timeline
- Prosecutors seek five years in prison, three suspended, and five years of ineligibility with provisional execution. matter
- Paris criminal court convicts Le Pen and imposes provisionally enforced ineligibility. matter
- Appeal trial opens, scheduled to run to 12 February 2026. matter
- Paris Court of Appeal upholds the conviction and reduces the sentence. matter
- Cour de cassation says it could rule by early April 2027. matter
- Prosecution announces it will not appeal to the Cour de cassation. matter
Sources for this profile
- Le Club des Juristes, Le Tribunal correctionnel de Paris condamne Marine Le Pen à cinq ans d'inéligibilité avec exécution provisoire
- Euronews, Marine Le Pen condamnée à 45 mois d'inéligibilité dont 30 mois assortis de sursis
Profile last verified 30 October 2026. Marine Le Pen can submit documents or a response through right of reply. Submissions are published as the subject's position and do not change what the records show.