Le Pen's ban cut to 15 months served — Bardella loses presidential candidacy

A Paris appeals court upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for misappropriating European Parliament funds but reduced her ban on standing for public office from five years to fifteen months — time already served. This means Le Pen can again run for president, stripping Jordan Bardella of the candidacy role he had assumed for the National Rally party. The ruling reshapes the French far-right's electoral prospects.

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