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He Council of State of France confirmed this Monday the dismissal of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen as counselor of the department of Pas-de-Calais (north), in a new setback in his judicial battle against his disqualification from holding public office for five years and in his ambitions for the 2027 presidential elections.
Her dismissal was ordered last April by the prefect of the department of Pas-de-Calais following the sentencing of the far-right leader in March not only to a sentence of disqualification, also to four years in prison -two of them completed under electronic surveillance- and one fine of 100,000 euros for a case of embezzlement of European funds.
The leader of the National Group (RN) challenged before the Council of State a decision of the Lille Administrative Court, that he had already dismissed his appeal against the prefect’s order and had refused to raise a priority question of constitutionality.
She is still a deputy
Pursuant to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Council, Le Pen was removed from her position as departmental councilor of Pas-de-Calais on April 18. However, retains her position as deputy for that French department, located in the north of the country.
Le Pen considered that the provisions that led to her automatic dismissal do not respect the principle of equality before the law due to the difference in treatment between departmental councilors and members of Parliament, whose loss of office only occurs in the event of a final conviction that carries a penalty of disqualification.
However, the Council of State explained this Monday that a local elected official sentenced to a disqualification sentence with immediate effect should be automatically removed from office by the prefect.
2027 presidential election
On October 15, the Council of State already rejected another appeal by Le Pen against the immediate application of her sentence of disqualification for five years, which jeopardizes his candidacy for the 2027 presidential elections.
In her conviction in the first instance, the court accused her of being the central figure of a system created to pay party employees with funds from the European Parliament, for a total of four million euros between 2004 and 2016.
She appealed the sentence and the trial is scheduled for January 13 to February 12, 2026and the sentence is expected to be handed down around the month of June.
Le Pen stated last week that if the conviction is confirmed “obviously” she would not be able to run in the 2027 presidential elections.