The Latest Breaking News from Marine Le Pen

Editorial: Having been found guilty of systematic embezzlement, the far-right leader cannot claim to be a political martyr

Marine Le Pen, figurehead of France’s Rassemblement National (RN), one of the most established far-right parties in Europe, has been found guilty of embezzling funds from the European parliament.

Le Pen was also sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of 100,000 Euros, or about $108,000.

Marine Le Pen stormed out of court after she was banned from running in France’s 2027 presidential election, after being found guilty of embezzling funds from the European Parliament.

Prominent far-right and nationalist figures on Monday rallied around Marine Le Pen after a court sentenced her to a five-year ban on running for office.

Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement. Here’s all you need to know

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.

Conviction is a huge blow to her party and harms her drive for respectability, while serving the victimisation narrative

France’s most controversial politician now banned from public office