The New York Times4d
What We Know About Marine Le Pen’s Embezzlement Conviction
The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years. By Amelia Nierenberg and ...
CNN4d
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen banned from 2027 presidential race, throwing French politics into disarray
French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ...
Reuters5d
France's Le Pen: pro-institution line was paying off until judges ended her presidential hopes
PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - Far-right leader Marine Le Pen believed respect for France's cherished institutions would open her path to the presidency, betting it would endear her once-fringe party ...
The New York Times5d
Marine Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling
By Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday and immediately barred ...
CNN5d
Marine Le Pen seems politically dead, but can the far right win in France without her?
“It’s my political death they want,” far-right leader Marine Le Pen claimed in November – a prediction that proved prescient, though few took it seriously at the time. The three-time ...
New York Post4d
Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen banned from public office after being found guilty of embezzlement
PARIS — A French court on Monday barred Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years, with immediate effect, for embezzlement — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s ...
The Economist5d
Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France
EVEN BEFORE the sentence was pronounced, Marine Le Pen swept out of the courtroom, her handbag dangling from her arm. The French hard-right leader had heard enough, and had reason to fear the worst.
Daily Mail4d
Marine Le Pen is sentenced to four years in JAIL and BANNED from entering presidential elections as she is found guilty of embezzlement and accused of 'undermining democracy'
French National Rally leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from standing at the next election and handed a four-year jail sentence after being found guilty of embezzlement. The 56-year-old stunned ...
Politico Europe3d
Marine Le Pen’s conviction caused a political firestorm. Here’s what actually happened.
PARIS — There’s been no shortage of political mudslinging since France’s Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to an immediate five-year ban from running for public office. Many ...
The Independent4d
Marine Le Pen banned from running for French president after embezzling EU funds
A judge on Monday granted prosecutors’ request that Le Pen face an immediate five-year ban from public office, regardless of any appeal process, using a so-called “provisional execution ...
Daily Mail4d
Marine Le Pen's party calls on supporters to take to the streets amid fury over her presidential election ban and jail sentence - as shamed politician pleads 'I'm innocent'
The leader of France's far-right party called for a peaceful 'mobilisation', after the movement's figurehead Marine Le Pen was banned from running for office following an embezzlement conviction.