12:30 p.m. – Marine Le Pen will be present in court
According to the National Rally, Marine Le Pen should arrive at the Paris Court of Appeal around 12:50 p.m., around forty minutes before the hearing, which is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m.
For his part, the president of the party, Jordan Bardella, will follow the judgment from afar in the company of his teams, at the new headquarters of the RN rue Cortambert, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris.
12:15 p.m. – READ. A decisive deadline for the political future of Marine Le Pen
Sentenced to five years of ineligibility at first instance, Marine Le Pen is running for the 2027 presidential election. In the event of acquittal or a sentence of ineligibility equal to or less than two years, she could run for the Élysée. But if the court of appeal confirms its decision, the frontist leader plans to hand over to her heir apparent Jordan Bardella.
12:00 p.m. – Many journalists already on site
The media came in large numbers to attend Marine Le Pen’s appeal trial. On either side of the corridor in front of the courtroom, journalists are grouped behind a red ribbon, cameras pointed in the same direction, awaiting the arrival of Marine Le Pen. Alongside the French media, several international editorial teams also made the trip to follow this highly anticipated audience.
During the trial at first instance, there were far fewer journalists. Few of them then anticipated a conviction of such magnitude against Marine Le Pen, whose sentence had created a surprise. This time, no media wants to miss the appeal court’s decision.
Hello and welcome to this Live dedicated to the appeal trial of Marine Le Pen, sentenced at first instance to five years of ineligibility.
