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.

this is not the case for her ban from public office or "ineligibility sentence," which comes into force immediately despite her appeal. This is because that part of her sentence has been "executed ...

PARIS (AP) — A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and ...

The French court did not immediately announce how long Le Penn will be ineligible for office ... election," Le Pen told the court prior to her sentencing. The facts of her case relate to the ...

For Le Pen, the worst-case scenario materialized ... and five years’ ineligibility for public office with immediate effect. Le Pen’s lawyer said she would appeal the verdict but she will ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from standing for office for five years with immediate effect and sentenced to jail after being convicted of embezzling EU funds.

The case concerned EU funds allotted to Le Pen ... on running for public office. Le Pen’s disqualification is certain to draw attacks from Washington, D.C. Vice President J.D. Vance has been ...

But it’s too early to say how the case will affect voters ... her upward trajectory. Le Pen said the court should not have made her ineligible to run for office until all her chances at appeal ...

The far-right leader was sentenced, at the end of March, to a five-year ban on running for office. She has appealed. Two ...

It was a good day for French democracy but the far-right may still win the 2027 presidential election, writes Cole Stangler.