{"id":1666908,"date":"2026-02-28T13:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1666908"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:10:00","slug":"frances-le-pen-says-she-will-not-run-in-2027-election-if-under-house-arrest-names-successor-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/frances-le-pen-says-she-will-not-run-in-2027-election-if-under-house-arrest-names-successor-2\/1666908\/","title":{"rendered":"France’s Le Pen Says She Will Not Run In 2027 Election If Under House Arrest, Names Successor"},"content":{"rendered":"

France’s Le Pen Says She Will Not Run In 2027 Election If Under House Arrest, Names Successor<\/span><\/p>\n

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Via Remix News,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

In March 2025, \u00a0Le Pen was convicted on charges dating back years ago,\u00a0in a move that was widely contested and seen as a highly political attempt<\/a>\u00a0to keep her from running in next year\u2019s presidential election.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now, she says she has no intention of running if her ban from running is lifted, if it means she must wear an electronic tag, i.e., ankle monitor.<\/p>\n

She is also ready to place full trust in Jordan Bardella, current leader of the National Rally (RN).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Le Pen\u2019s comments came during an interview with French television station\u00a0BFMTV<\/a>, her first since French prosecutors asked a court to uphold her five-year ban. A ruling on her case is expected on July 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot campaign under these conditions. Can you campaign without going out in the evenings to meet your constituents at rallies?\u201d<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0she asked, referring to the idea of having to campaign while wearing a monitor and under house arrest.<\/p>\n

BREAKING:<\/p>\n

Today marks the day democracy died in France.<\/p>\n

A judge ruled Marine Le Pen is ineligible to run for president in 2027.<\/p>\n

She is the frontrunner.<\/p>\n

8 MEPs from her party are also barred from participating in elections.<\/p>\n

Judges are now deciding elections across the EU. pic.twitter.com\/HHuMv8hsja<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Remix News & Views (@RMXnews) March 31, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Prosecutors had asked for Le Pen to be sentenced to four years in prison (three of which were suspended) and a fine of \u20ac100,000.<\/p>\n

In France, shorter prison sentences are often commuted, meaning that if the court follows the prosecutor\u2019s request, Le Pen could spend anywhere from a few months to a year under house arrest, wearing an anklet.<\/p>\n

However, Le Pen has said she would not campaign under such circumstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Le Pen says she will be present in court on July 7 to hear the Court of Appeal\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course I will go, as I went every day to the trial in the first instance and on appeal because I respect justice,\u201d she told BFMTV.<\/em><\/p>\n

Regarding the 2027 election, Le Pen said regarding RN leader Jordan Bardella:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best-case scenario is that I am elected president of the Republic and he is my prime minister.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

However, if she cannot run, then \u201cJordan will find himself a prime minister,\u201d and she will take whatever \u201crole he wants me to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Emphasizing that Bardella will be free to make his own choices, Le Pen told listeners, \u201cIf I cannot be a candidate, he will determine at what level he needs my presence, my advice and my experience.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Read more here…<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nSat, 02\/28\/2026 – 08:10<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/geopolitical\/frances-le-pen-says-she-will-not-run-2027-election-if-under-house-arrest-names<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

France’s Le Pen Says She Will Not Run In 2027 Election If Under House Arrest, Names Successor Via Remix News, In March 2025, \u00a0Le Pen…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1666910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbimBl-6ZDC","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/AP25091502441511-NTBwny.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1666908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1666926,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666908\/revisions\/1666926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1666910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1666908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1666908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1666908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}