Marine Le Pen has been handed a four year jail sentence and banned from running in France’s 2027 presidential election after she was found guilty of embezzling millions of euros from the European parliament.
The leader of France’s National Rally (RN) party was sentenced to four years - two of which will be suspended - and prevented from standing from public office after it was ruled she and 24 other party officials diverted more than €3m (£2.5m) of European parliament funds to pay France-based staff.
