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The day after announcing her candidacy for the 2027 presidential election, Marine Le Pen visits La Fleche, in the Sarthe department, on July 8, 2026.​
by ian bremmer

Europe’s most consequential vote since Brexit starts now

After a French court shortened her ban on holding public office, Marine Le Pen announced that she will run for president again next year. But can she finally win?

Out of Le Pen-alty box
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Out of Le Pen-alty box

Le Pen, who leads the National Rally party, can run for president for a fourth time next year in 2027, after the Paris Court of Appeals shortened her ban on holding public office.

Marine Le Pen, French member of parliament and parliamentary leader of the far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party and Jordan Bardella, president of the French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National - RN) party and member of the European Parliament, gesture during an RN political rally in Bordeaux, France, September 14, 2025.
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​Jordan Bardella, president of Rassemblement National or National Rally, gives a speech and flies French flags at a rally in support of Marine le Pen after her conviction on April 6, 2025.
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Could Jordan Bardella become France’s youngest president?

Jordan Bardella, the 29-year-old president of France’s far-right National Rally, aka RN, has announced his readiness to run for the country’s presidency in 2027 if current party leader Marine Le Pen remains barred from contesting the race.

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1 on March 31, 2025.
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Can France’s Marine Le Pen run again?

National Rally leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty by a French court on Monday for embezzling European Parliament funds, and faces a five-year ban from running for public office.

​French President Emmanuel Macron speaks next to NATO Secretary General after a meeting at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on June 24, 2024.
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Macron’s election gambit looks doomed to fail

France faces a nail-biter snap election this Sunday.

French President Emmanuel Macron takes part in an expanded videoconference in Paris, France, April 19, 2022.
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Will the far right and hard left pull France apart?

President Emmanuel Macron’s prospects for the first round of France’s snap parliamentary elections on Sunday are fading fast.

Newly elected National Rally leader Jordan Bardella with the outgoing Marine Le Pen during the party congress in Paris.
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Hard Numbers: French far-right handover, Big Oil makes big bucks, China vs. COVID, Peruvians want prez out

For the first time in 50 years, the main French far-right party will not be captained by a Le Pen.