Overview

• The tribunal administratif de Lille ruled that the electoral code obliges the prefect to declare an elected official démissionnaire d’office upon provisional ineligibility imposed by a penal court.
• Marine Le Pen’s constitutional challenge (QPC) against the forced resignation was dismissed, with the tribunal citing a Conseil constitutionnel ruling on similar municipal provisions.
• By appealing to the Conseil d’État, Le Pen has secured a suspension of her removal from the departmental council pending the higher court’s review.
• Despite her ineligibility locally, Le Pen remains a députée for Pas-de-Calais under established case law separating legislative mandates from provisional disqualifications.
• Le Pen was convicted on March 31 of misusing €4.4 million in EU funds to pay Rassemblement National staff and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment (two suspended) and five years’ ineligibility.