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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Barney Davis

Marine Le Pen vows to fight election ban in attack on court’s ‘politician decision’ over embezzlement conviction

Marine Le Pen has attacked a court’s decision that bans her from standing for election after she was found guilty of embezzling funds from the European parliament.

The leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) maintained she was innocent and vowed to appeal against the ruling in a television interview just hours after her conviction on Monday.

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