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Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office after embezzlement conviction

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The leader of France’s far-right National Assembly Marine Le Pen has been barred from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of misappropriating EU funds, according to Reuters and French media.

The decision is a watershed moment in French politics as its halt her 2027 presidential election hopes and throws her party into disarray after a meteoric rise in popularity in recent years. It’s widely expected that Le Pen will launch an appeal against the conviction.

Earlier Monday, Le Pen and eight of the party’s MEPs (members of the European Parliament) were found guilty of embezzlement, meaning Le Pen could have faced a 300,000 euro ($325,000) fine, prison term and an immediate five-year ban from public office — preventing her from running in the 2027 presidential election.

The court then announced that the crimes committed by Le Pen and her other co-defendants merited an immediate ban from public office. Le Pen was also given a four-year prison sentence, of which two years will be suspended, and fined 100,000 euros in the judgment read out in Paris. The latter two punishments will not be implemented while any appeals processes are under way but the ban from public office is immediate.

The far-right firebrand leader reportedly left court before hearing how long she might be banned from running for public office. The outcome throws France’s powerful right wing into chaos as Le Pen was leading opinion polls ahead of the next presidential vote.

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/frances-le-pen-awaits-verdict-in-embezzlement-trial.html

 

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