PARIS − French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, a sentence that will bar her from running in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand.

The co-founder of the far-right Front National party, who died on January 7, had, in life, become a repulsive figure in his own camp. After his death, many on the far right unreservedly embraced his political legacy.

The trip could serve as a watershed moment for Marine Le Pen’s party, which has sought to dispel accusations of antisemitism.

PARIS (JTA) — A French court upheld the Holocaust denial conviction of the far-right activist Jean-Marie Le Pen, while a different tribunal acquitted another prominent racist of hate incitement ...

Marine Le Pen, hitherto the favourite to succeed Emmanuel Macron as French President, has been barred from standing for public office for five years with immediate effect after being found guilty of embezzlement to fund her party.

TASS/. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the National Front party, now known as the National Rally, has died at the age of 96, AFP reported, citing his family. "Jean-Marie Le Pen was called back to ...

A Paris court is expected to deliver a verdict in an embezzlement case that could shake up French politics and derail far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s career

Marine Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, is awaiting a sentence that could see her barred from the 2027 presidential election.