But those plans have been disrupted by a recent court ruling that shortened the election ban on far-right leader Marine Le Pen and allowed her to run. What we ask in the interview:How will the verdict against Marine Le Pen influence the presidential polls? How can the recent verdict concerning Marine Le Pen influence the upcoming presidential election? At a certain point Bardella definitely believed he would be the candidate and that this would free him from Marine Le Pen. The court’s decision to allow Le Pen to run surprised everyone and, three days after the verdict, that is around Saturday (10 July), opinion polls showed that Marine Le Pen actually had huge support, between 32 and 35 percent.