Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 presidential elections.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in elections for five years.

Le Pen's ban - after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds - means she would not be able to run in the 2027 presidential election.

Neither the prison sentence nor the fine will be applied until her appeals are completed, which may take years. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a guilty verdict in ...

Marine Le Pen, who was sentenced last week for an embezzlement conviction, held a rally attended by thousands in protest of her sentence on Sunday, claiming that it was politically motivated.

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Marine Le Pen is set to appeal her four-year jail sentence and presidential election ban after supporters of the National Rally leader slammed judges for anti-right wing bias. France's hard-right ...

The judge also gave Le Pen a four-year prison sentence - of which two years are suspended and the rest served under home detention - and a 100,000 euro fine.

The leader of France’s National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, told supporters she would not give up despite being found ...

The American president cast the French politician’s conviction as an example of far-right persecution, ignoring ample ...

Donald Trump has demanded that France “free” far-right leader Marine Le Pen as he labelled her ban from running for office a ...