France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen will appeal her conviction for embezzlement of public funds, her lawyer said Monday, after a court handed her a five-year ban on running for office. But even a successful appeal may not be enough to put her in the race for France’s 2027 presidential election, says France 24’s French politics editor Marc Perelman. If she cannoit run, Jordan Bardella, her handpicked successor as president of the National Rally would be the most likely to take her place.
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