The hotly-anticipated appeal trial of Marine Le Pen has opened, a case that will have huge implications for next year’s French presidential election. The far-right leader hopes to overturn a graft conviction and save her 2027 run for the top job. The appeal comes after a French court last year barred her from running for office for five years over a European Parliament fake jobs scam involving her and other officials from her National Rally party. #lepen #farright #france #nationalrally