French Court Bars National Rally Leader Marine Le Pen from Office for 5 Years After Embezzlement Conviction
- A French court has barred Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years due to embezzlement, impacting her presidential ambitions for 2027.
- The court convicted Le Pen and 24 other National Rally officials of misappropriating EU funds meant for parliamentary aides from 2004 to 2016.
- Le Pen received a two-year prison sentence, with two years under house arrest, while her political ineligibility is immediate but her house arrest is suspended during appeal.
- Jordan Bardella expressed support for Le Pen, stating she was 'being unjustly condemned' and that French democracy was 'being executed.
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French court bars Marine Le Pen from office in embezzlement ruling
Paris court bans Marine Le Pen from holding political office for five years after finding her guilty of embezzling EU funds. The ruling, which includes a four-year prison sentence (two years suspended) and a €100,000 fine, derails her 2027 presidential ambitions.
Marine Le Pen: No way I'm leaving politics
French far-right frontrunner Marine Le Pen calls the verdict politically motivated and says the court is deliberately trying to stop her from standing for election. “There is no way I will leave politics,” she said in her first televised appearance after the verdict, on TF1 television channel on Monday night.
Political ban, but Le Pen doesn't want to resign
The French right-wing populist Marine Le Pen spoke for the first time on the TV on Monday evening about her verdict. Despite the conviction (among other things five years ban on candidacy for political offices) she does not think of resignation. "I will fight, I will not just let myself be shut down like that!" stressed the 56-year-old. In an interview with the TV channel TF1 Le Pen said that she was not satisfied with the verdict. "The decision…
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