Paris, France, July 3, 2026 (AFP) - France's Le Pen faces crunch verdict before presidential vote

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2026-07-03

France's far-right chief Marine Le Pen faces a key ruling next week that will determine if she can run in the 2027 presidential elections, in what is seen as her best chance at the top job. A lower court handed the 57-year-old politician a five-year ban from public office last year and a two-year sentence over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament, dashing her ambition to head the EU state. If the appeals court on July 7 upholds last year's......

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