She was also sentenced to four years’ imprisonment, with two to be served under house arrest and two suspended.

Le Pen and her co-defendants face up to 10 years in prison. They can appeal, which would lead to another trial.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, father of the far-right National Front party of France and self-proclaimed torchbearer of traditional French values who was a frequent presidential contender and was twice ...

Far-right party chief Jordan Bardella called on the French to rally this weekend to protest against a ruling that banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds.

French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen is awaiting a sentence after a national court convicted her and other members of her National Rally party of embezzlement on Monday.

France’s far-right National Rally conceded the extent of the damage caused by a court ruling barring its leader, Marine Le Pen, from running for election. But the party insists that the fight isn’t over and that it will try to use the controversy to its advantage.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzlement

The sentence means Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, cannot run in the 2027 presidential election, unless she successfully appeals.