Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella pledge unity ahead of judicial verdict

Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella pledge unity ahead of judicial verdict reports that a Paris appeals court will rule on whether Marine Le Pen is eligible to run in France’s 2027 presidential election. Ahead of the decision, Le Pen, head of the National Rally (RN), and the party’s young president, Jordan Bardella, pledged to present a united front “whatever happens.” Le Pen said the party would not be discouraged if courts bar her candidacy, and she promised to support Bardella “every day.” Bardella, speaking at an RN “country banquet” in Liévin in northern France, expressed full support and said he hopes to see her elected within months. The article also notes a March 2025 ruling that found Le Pen at the center of a “fraudulent system” involving €2.9 million in European Parliament funds, which—if upheld—could bar her. The piece adds that Le Pen reached the second round in 2017 and 2022 but lost to Emmanuel Macron both times.