Marine Le Pen says she is “absolutely not giving up” on the 2027 presidential election | EUROtoday

Marine Le Pen stated she was decided, Sunday, November 23, to be the candidate of the National Rally (RN) within the 2027 presidential election, denying any “renunciation” after statements on his judicial calendar which might have been interpreted as a type of resignation.

“No, I am absolutely not giving up, I am extremely combative”she stated in an interview with West France. “What I am saying is that if the Court of Cassation were to make a decision too close to the election date, the National Rally campaign would not be able to take place in good conditions”she added.

In such circumstances, the chief of the far-right social gathering must hand over to the president of the social gathering, Jordan Bardella.

A five-year ineligibility sentence

Prosecuted for acts of “embezzlement of public funds” and “complicity in the misappropriation of public funds” within the affair of the European parliamentary assistants, the president of the group of RN deputies within the National Assembly was sentenced, at first occasion, in March, to a sentence of 4 years’ imprisonment, two of which could be modified underneath an digital bracelet, a high quality of 100,000 euros, in addition to a five-year ineligibility sentence with speedy execution. A choice which compromises his candidacy for the presidential election of 2027 and the following legislative elections.

She might be judged on enchantment from January 13 to February 12, 2026. The judgment of the courtroom of enchantment is predicted in the summertime however Marine Le Pen envisages within the interview at West France in order that it may be delivered in September. “I have already said that I will not jeopardize the chances of my political camp in the presidential election, which was interpreted as a renunciation”she lamented.

At the start of November, the top of the RN deputies affirmed that she wouldn’t run “obviously not” in 2027 if her sentence was confirmed on enchantment and she or he would due to this fact announce her choice instantly, with out ready for a potential cassation.