France's Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office for 5 years after embezzlement conviction: Media

Marine Le Pen, the leader of France’s far-right National Assembly, has been banned from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of misappropriating EU funds, halting her 2027 presidential election hopes. Le Pen plans to appeal the conviction, which also includes a four-year prison sentence, a 100,000 euro fine, and an immediate ban from public office, leading to disarray within her party and chaos in French right-wing politics as she was leading in opinion polls. Le Pen’s political allies in Europe, including Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Italy’s Matteo Salvini, have expressed support for her, with Salvini warning of repercussions for the EU and Orban declaring “I am Marine” in solidarity.

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