National Rally Funding: ECHR Rejects Marine Le Pen's Appeal on Ineligibility
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Wednesday, July 9, rejected Marine Le Pen's request for an interim measure filed the previous day, seeking to suspend the ineligibility sentence imposed on her by the Paris Criminal Court.
"The Court rejects the request of Marine Le Pen," president of the National Rally (RN) group in the National Assembly, "on the grounds that in any event the existence of an imminent risk of irreparable harm to a right protected by the (European) Convention on Human Rights or its protocols has not been established," indicates the ECHR, based in Strasbourg.
The latter did not rule on the substance of the case, but rejected the request filed by the head of the RN under Article 39 of the Court's Rules of Procedure: the ECHR then rules urgently in the event of an imminent risk of irreparable harm to a right protected by the Convention.
Marine Le Pen rightly believed that there was an urgent need to suspend her ineligibility sentence, in the event that Emmanuel Macron decided to dissolve the National Assembly again.
Marine Le Pen regretted this decision of the ECHR on X "on the grounds that the infringement of my rights is not imminent, which would, on the other hand, be the case if a dissolution took place. Beyond this " summary " , the Court is seized on the merits of the absence of an effective remedy for the provisional execution of a sentence of ineligibility" , she wrote on the social network.
On the grounds that the infringement of my rights is not imminent, which would, however, be the case if a dissolution were to occur. Beyond this "summary", the Court is seized on the merits of the absence of an effective remedy for the provisional execution of a sentence of ineligibility. https://t.co/11RaiWhmir
— Marine Le Pen (@MLP_officiel) July 9, 2025
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The president of the RN group in the National Assembly was found guilty on March 31 by the Paris Criminal Court of having set up a "system" of embezzlement of public funds to pay employees of her party, the National Front (since renamed the National Rally) with money from the European Parliament between 2004 and 2016, to the tune of 4.4 million euros.
In addition to the ineligibility sentence, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced her to four years in prison, two of which were suspended. Twenty-four other defendants, including the party as a legal entity, were also sentenced. Half have appealed.
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