US EditionLe Pen ally denies planned rally a 'power play' against conviction
- Marine Le Pen, leader of Rassemblement National, received a four-year sentence from the Paris criminal court.
- Le Pen was convicted for misappropriating over 4 million euros of EU funds, leading to the sentence.
- The sentence included a two-year suspended prison term, a €100,000 fine, and a five-year ban from office.
- Le Pen stated, "I'm not going to let myself be eliminated like this," and vowed to appeal the ruling.
- Jordan Bardella, RN party chief, plans a rally to protest the conviction, denying any intent to strong-arm the judiciary.
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Le Pen ally denies planned rally a 'power play' against conviction
Marine Le Pen's party chief Jordan Bardella denied Wednesday any intent to strong-arm the French judiciary with a rally in support of the veteran far-right leader, after her conviction of embezzlement and a ban from standing for office.
Le Pen's party wants street protests, but many French people agree with condemnation
A day after the sensational conviction of Marine Le Pen, leading figures from her party are trying to stoke the fires of protest among the French. The radical right-wing Le Pen, one of the most popular politicians in France, was sentenced yesterday to years in prison and five years of ineligibility for fraud with European subsidies. In a speech to parliamentarians from her party, she calls the sentence an 'atomic bomb' with which the political e…
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