Far-Right Party Could Use Marine Le Pen Election Ban as Part of Battle Plan for Power in France

Judges in France have barred far-right politician Marine Le Pen from standing in the next presidential election in 2027 after finding her guilty of embezzling European Union funds.

Le Pen, the figurehead of the anti-immigration party, National Rally, was given a four-year prison sentence, fined and told she would not be able to run for public office for five years for her part in her party’s misappropriation of 2.9 million euros ($3.1m) in European Parliament funding.

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