Yvon Castel says he has voted for the far-right National Rally for years, but is less than impressed by the tactics its leader Marine Le Pen has chosen to try to fight her way out of a legal judgement barring her way to 2027 elections.

Le Pen called her ban from running a "nuclear bomb" by the system, after a court convicted her of embezzlement and blocked her from office for five years.

Marine Le Pen, the front-runner to replace French President Emmanuel Macron in 2027, was found guilty of embezzlement by a Paris court.

Analysts say the judgment barring Marine Le Pen from running for public office plunges France into more political uncertainty.

The thunderclap court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across the political spectrum of France and Europe.

By Elizabeth Pineau, Juliette Jabkhiro and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrived in court on Monday for a crucial day for her political career, with a court due to rule on whether she is guilty of embezzlement in a trial that could see her barred from the 2027 presidential race.