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French court hands Le Pen five-year election ban in fake jobs case

Marine Le Pen (R) left the courtroom as soon as the guilty verdict was announced. AFP - ALAIN JOCARD

A French court has banned far-right leader Marine Le Pen from holding public office for five years with immediate effect after finding her guilty of misusing EU funds through a fake jobs scam. The verdict rules out her running in the 2027 presidential race, unless she successfully appeals beforehand.

The Paris court ruled on Monday that Marine Le Pen, who leads the far-right National Rally (RN) parliamentary group and eight other RN MEPs were guilty of embezzling EU funds to pay France-based party staff.

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