It is a court decision that makes the effect of a bomb, in the French political landscape. Monday, March 31, 2025, the Paris Criminal Court found guilty Marine Le Pen of the embezzlement of European public funds, in the case of parliamentary assistants of the National Front, which has become a national rally. The candidate of the French extreme right has so far been the race in mind in the polls, just over two years from the next presidential election. She therefore says she is “eliminated” and denounces, after this judgment, a violation of the rule of law. So how did the court motivate its decision? Is it a “political decision”, as Marine Le Pen says, or a simple decision in accordance with the law? What legal and electoral future for Marine Le Pen?
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– Michaël Koskaslecturer in public law at Paris Nanterre University, author of the article ” Should we put everything in the Constitution “, Published in the journal Powers
– Olivier Rouquanteacher-researcher in political science and associate researcher at the Center for Studies and Research of Administrative and Political Sciences (CERSA).