Le Pen verdict triggers uproar from far right in France and beyond
A court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across France and ...
What to know about Marine Le Pen’s ban from public office in France
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU ...
Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door
PARIS -- For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far ...
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Judge who barred France's Le Pen gets police protection as Macron condemns threats
PARIS, April 2 (Reuters) - The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having ...
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Trump publicly backs France’s far-right figurehead Le Pen after her conviction
US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind another embattled far-right European leader, backing Marine Le Pen after French presidential hopeful was convicted of embezzlement and ...
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After Le Pen ruling, accusations of 'lawfare' land in France
PARIS, April 1 (Reuters) - When French far-right leader Marine Le Pen accused the judiciary of deploying a "nuclear bomb" to blow up her presidential hopes, she added France to the countries where ...
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Far-right leader Marine Le Pen banned from 2027 presidential race, throwing French politics into disarray
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 ...
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The Martyrdom of Marine Le Pen
A French criminal court’s disqualification of Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French populist party, the Rassemblement National, from running for office for five years, along with a sentence of four ...
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Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France
EVEN BEFORE the sentence was pronounced, Marine Le Pen swept out of the courtroom, her handbag dangling from her arm. The French hard-right leader had heard enough, and had reason to fear the worst.
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Marine Le Pen Barred From French Presidential Run After Embezzlement Ruling
The sentence made the far-right leader ineligible for five years, excluding her from the 2027 election unless she can secure a more favorable outcome on appeal. By Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden ...