Embezzlement and polarizing legal decisions aren’t new, of course. But the crisis of Western democracy, most fundamentally, ...

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU funds, a major political earthquake. The ruling ...

Her lawyer vowed to appeal the ruling. Judges at the Paris criminal court found Le Pen and her National Rally party guilty of diverting €4.4 million ($4.8 million) in European Union funds to ...

It handed Le Pen an immediate five-year ban on running for office that will bar her from the 2027 presidential election unless she can get the ruling overturned on appeal before then. Sign up here.

The appeals court said in a statement it would issue a ruling on the appeals in the summer of 2026, ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Sign up here. A lower court convicted Le Pen and two ...

What to Know About the Ruling Barring Marine Le Pen From Seeking Public Office for Five Years PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running ...

The ruling, which takes effect immediately, is likely to bar her from running in France’s next presidential election. Le Pen, who was twice runner-up to French President Emmanuel Macron ...