A court ruling her guilty of fraud for the misuse of European Union funds means the front-runner to replace Emanuelle Macron as French President has been deemed ineligible for public office.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU funds, a major political earthquake

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

The decision of a French court to ban far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election will deepen political chaos in a country that already contends with a hung parliament and an unpopular president.

The sentence means Le Pen, the guiding force of the National Rally party, cannot run in the 2027 presidential election, unless she successfully appeals.

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