Marine Le Pen: Public prosecutor renounces appeal to Court of Cassation
In the case of RN parliamentary assistants, the Paris public prosecutor's office has decided not to contest the appellate judgment of 7 July before the supreme court.
Marine Le Pen: Public prosecutor renounces appeal to Court of Cassation
The public prosecutor's office of the Paris Court of Appeal announced on Wednesday 15 July that it would not contest the judgment delivered a week earlier by the magistrates in the case of National Rally assistants.
In a statement, the institution explained that it had conducted an in-depth analysis of the 7 July 2026 decision before making its determination. It ultimately decided against filing for cassation. That judgment had imposed penalties on Marine Le Pen and other leaders of the movement for misappropriating European public funds by fictitiously employing collaborators at the Strasbourg Parliament.
The RN chairman had been sentenced to three years in prison — including twelve months in custody with electronic monitoring — deprivation of electoral rights for fifteen months, and a financial penalty of 100,000 euros.
If the public prosecutor does not intervene before the supreme court, the convicted persons can still do so. On the evening of the verdict, she had announced on TF1 her intention to bring the case before the Court of Cassation, arguing that it should have its say. This individual appeal therefore remains a live issue, with no hearing yet scheduled.
From a procedural standpoint, such action suspends the application of the sanctions imposed at first instance. Marine Le Pen had clarified that this suspension would give her the possibility of conducting an election campaign without an electronic monitoring bracelet, and therefore of running in the next presidential election.
Source: BFM TV
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