00:01A Paris appeals court has announced that it will rule on July 7th in a fraud case against far-right
00:07leader Marine Le Pen in what is expected to be a pivotal moment for French politics.
00:12The outcome would determine whether Le Pen would be able to run for president next year.
00:17She's challenging a March 2025 verdict that found her and other members of her national rally party
00:23guilty of misusing European Parliament funds in the hiring of aides from 2004 to 2016.
00:30Le Pen made it to the second round in the 2017 and 2022 presidential polls, losing to President
00:37Emmanuel Macron both times. But he cannot run again next year after hitting the limit of two
00:42consecutive terms in office. Le Pen has said she will decide whether to run for president after
00:48the ruling in the appeal trial, and has indicated that 30-year-old Jordan Bardella, who heads her
00:54party, could be the selected candidate instead. Prosecutors last week demanded the court maintain
01:00a five-year ban and a four-year prison term with three years suspended for Le Pen in the case.
01:06Well, it is for the last week.
01:08Well, I will leave the final night.
01:09Well, let's go.
01:10Well, we will be we will be we have a 19-year-old player light for the next year.
01:10We will be aware of our participants.
01:10We'll be the first-year-old player
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