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 ...
Sky4d
Marine Le Pen speaks for first time after being barred from French presidential election
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has said that barring her from running for public office for five years is a "political decision" aimed at preventing her from running in the next ...
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 ...
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 ...
Sky4d
Marine Le Pen latest: Far-right leader speaks for first time after being barred from French presidential election
Marine Le Pen was today barred from running in the French elections for five years after she was found guilty of embezzlement. She - along with a series of other right-wing politicians at home 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 ...
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.
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 ...
Reuters4d
After Le Pen ruling, accusations of 'lawfare' land in France
PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) - When French far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused the judiciary of deploying a "nuclear bomb" to blow up her presidential hopes, she added France to the countries where ...
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 ...
BBC5d
Shock Le Pen verdict rocks French far right
"Incredible." That was the single word uttered under her breath by Marine Le Pen as she stormed out of a Paris courtroom on Monday morning. She left the court early – just before hearing that ...