Marine Le Pen has submitted a request to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to examine the immediate application of the five-year ineligibility sentence she received after being found guilty in March of misusing public funds, an offence with estimated damages running into several million euros.
The daughter of the far-right party’s founder was sentenced to four years in prison, two of which are firm (but convertible into house arrest with an electronic tag), meaning she is unlikely to be incarcerated. She was also fined €100,000.
