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 ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the presidency in 2027.

The thunderclap court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across the political spectrum of France and Europe.

Calais department, National Rally (RN) party chief Marine Le Pen's constituency in northern France where she was elected as deputy, opinion was divided on her ineligibility to run for president, pending appeal,

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.

Far-right French leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from holding public office for five years after being found guilty by of embezzling European Union funds. Nicolle Wallace says the events in France are "a lesson" on "holding leaders accountable.

France's far-right leader is "furious" over on the front page of the Guardian, where the paper reports that Le Pen has called her barring a "denial of democracy". Below the fold and across the Atlantic,

That’s a big deal. That’s a very big deal,” Trump said of the conviction and sentencing of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France. “It sounds like this country,” Trump added.

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