President of the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) parliamentary group Marine Le Pen poses prior to an interview on the evening news broadcast of French TV channel TF1 following the verdict in her appeal trial over misuse of EU funds, in Boulogne-Billancourt, outside Paris, on July 7, 2026. An appeals court on July 7, 2026, handed France`s far-right chief Marine Le Pen a one-year term with an ankle tag over a fake jobs scam in the European parliament, casting doubt on whether she will run for president next April. The court also prevented her from running for office for 15 months, a ban expected to have expired this year. (Photo by Christian Hartmann / POOL / AFP)