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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 president...
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The thunderclap court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for the immediate future reverberated across the political spectrum of France and Europe on Monday.
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France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen said that the ruling barring her from seeking public office is 'political' and aims at preventing her from running for president in 2027.
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France's Le Pen convicted of graft, gets five year election ban
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.
Far-Right Leader Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Running for Office
A court found her guilty of fraud for the misuse of European Union funds, meaning the front-runner to replace Emmanuel Macron as French President has been deemed ineligible for public office.
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Long seen as a top contender for France's 2027 presidential election and a potential leader-in-waiting of the Eurozone’s second economy, Le Pen was convicted of embezzling European Union funds and barred from holding public office for five years.
France's Le Pen barred from candidacy after graft conviction
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday (March 31) and banned immediately for five years from running for public office, in a watershed moment that will rule her out of the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand.
Le Pen to Appeal French Election Ban After Embezzlement Ruling
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s presidential ambitions were dealt a potential death blow after she was convicted of embezzlement by a French court and barred from running in the next election in 2027.
France's Le Pen says court ruling is 'political' and aimed at blocking her from 2027 election
France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen said that the ruling barring her from seeking public office is 'political' and aims at preventing her from running for president in 2027.
Trump says Le Pen's conviction in France is a 'very big deal'
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's conviction and resulting prohibition from running in the 2027 presidential election was a "very big deal."
Marine Le Pen attacks five-year ban from running for public office as 'political decision'
Le Pen's ban - after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds - means she would not be able to run in the 2027 French presidential election.
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