Is this the right-wing National Rally of France the best opportunity to take power? | | Election News

A French court ruling allows the leader of the far-right National Rally to run for president in April. It commuted and suspended Marine Le Pen’s prison sentence and banned her from seeking public service, while upholding her conviction in the European Parliament job scandal.

He must wear an electronic monitor for one year while on home security. Le Pen has said that this will prevent her from campaigning and wants to challenge her decision at the highest court in France. But he is leading in the polls.

Will his appointment take him to the Elysee Palace? Or will voters who care about Le Pen’s nationalist, anti-immigrant policies unite around a common enemy, as they have done in the past?

Presenter: Tom McRae

Guests:

Bruno Cautres – Professor at the Center for Political Research at Sciences Po

Rim-Sarah Alouane – Legal expert specializing in human rights and constitutional law

Victor Mallet – Editor-in-chief and former Paris bureau chief of The Financial Times and author of Far-Right France: Le Pen, Bardella and the Future of Europe.