French Court Rules Today on Electoral Ban for Le Pen, France's Polling Leader

The Paris Court of Appeal delivers its verdict on Marine Le Pen's embezzlement appeal July 7, 2026, determining whether her immediate public office ineligibility—imposed after her March 2025 conviction for misusing European Parliament funds—stands or lifts. As leader of the National Rally and frontrunner in 2027 presidential polling, a sustained ban would reshape France's electoral landscape and test whether courts can enforce immediate ineligibility against leading candidates while appeals remain pending.