Marine Le Pen deserves a speedy appeal hearing

Marine Le Pen, the far-right National Rally (RN) candidate for president of France in 2027, was banned from holding public office for five years last week after she was found guilty by a French court of embezzling EU funds. She was also sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, half of it suspended for two years and the other half under house arrest on an electronic ankle bracelet and was fined €100,000.