Justice. RN trial: Marine Le Pen will be tried on appeal from January 13 to February 11, 2026

Marine Le Pen's date is set: her trial at the Paris Court of Appeal in the European Parliamentary Assistants case will be held from January 13 to February 11, 2026. This is a crucial legal and political deadline before the 2027 presidential election for the leader of the far right, who is currently ineligible.

On March 31, the Paris Criminal Court sentenced the leader of the National Rally (formerly the National Front, FN) to four years in prison, two of which were to be served, a fine of €100,000 and, above all, a five-year ban on election, effective immediately.

The court found her guilty , along with 24 former MEPs, assistants, an accountant and the far-right party as a legal entity, of having set up a "system" between 2004 and 2016 to pay party employees with European Parliament money for economic damage ultimately estimated at 3.2 million euros.

Only 12 of those convicted and the party have appealed - including the mayor of Perpignan Louis Aliot, MP Julien Odoul, MEP Nicolas Bay, Wallerand de Saint-Just and Bruno Gollnisch, two long-standing members of the RN.