Marine Le Pen vows to fight election ban in attack on court’s ‘politician decision’ over embezzlement conviction - Marine Le Pen says she will appeal against verdict and her five-year ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has filed an appeal with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in an effort to overturn a court-imposed ban on standing for election, her party, the ...

A French court sentenced on March 31, 2025 far-right leader Marine Le Pen to a five-year ban on running for office with immediate effect, throwing into doubt her bid to stand for President in 2027.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reacts at the National Assembly during a session Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) By SYLVIE CORBET – Associated Press 23 minutes ago ...

BERLIN, March 31 (Reuters Breakingviews) - The decision of a French court to ban far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election will deepen political chaos in a ...

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced as “a democratic scandal” the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzling European ...

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced as "a democratic scandal" the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzling European Union ...

And Le Pen's father, the late Jean-Marie Le Pen, was sentenced to a one-year ban for committing violence against a Socialist rival during the 1997 parliamentary campaign.

FILE - Head of Marine Le Pen's party list for the European Parliament elections, Jordan Bardella poses after an interview with Associated Press in Nanterre, outside Paris, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019.