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Prosecution seeks four years in prison for Marine Le Pen on appeal
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At the Paris appeal trial for the Front National parliamentary assistants case, prosecutors on February 3, 2026, requested four years in prison, including one year firm, and five years of ineligibility against Marine Le Pen, without provisional execution. The case concerns an alleged system of diverting European funds from 2004 to 2016 to finance the party. The court of appeal's decision is expected before summer.
Marine Le Pen, leader of RN deputies, was discreetly received on Wednesday by Joshua Zarka, Israel’s ambassador to France. No official communication was issued by either side, though the meeting was described as “positive” by a diplomatic source. The encounter occurs amid tensions in the Middle East.
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In an interview with Le Monde, specialists Nicolas Lebourg and Baptiste Roger-Lacan analyze the repercussions of the appeal trial of Front national assistants on Marine Le Pen's political future. They note that the Rassemblement national (RN) uses this case to strengthen its victim narrative against the justice system. This context fits into a global wave of the extreme right, explored in a special issue of the newspaper.