French Court Bars National Rally Leader Marine Le Pen from Office for 5 Years After Embezzlement Conviction

Marine Le Pen’s victim narrative is already being constructed – but there are ways to stop her criminal conviction benefitting her

Le Pen has been barred from politics for four years after being found guilty of embezzlement.

France’s Marine Le Pen convicted of graft, barred from running for president in 2027

French far-right leader to appeal against what she describes as politicised ruling aimed at blocking her presidential bid.

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.

French far-right leader barred from 2027 election in what she calls 'politicised ruling'

The French far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement, says her conviction is a threat to democracy.

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.

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…