US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind another embattled far-right European leader, backing Marine Le Pen after French presidential hopeful was convicted of embezzlement and barred from political office.
Le Pen and officials in her party, the National Rally, were found guilty of misusing European Parliament funds.
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A French court found her and eight other former European lawmakers guilty of embezzling public funds. The verdict is a hammer blow to Le Pen's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics.
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Marine Le Pen attacks the Justice system, and the Court of Appeal expects to make a decision on her sentence "in the summer of 2026"The historic leader of the far-right, who has been sentenced, ensures that they will not allow "the French presidential elections to be stolen" and her party calls for mobilizations for the weekend. "It was like a nuclear bomb launched by the system.