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Meaning of Marine Le Pen's Conviction

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What We Know About Marine Le Pen’s Embezzlement Conviction

The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.

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The Meaning of Marine Le Pen’s Conviction

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

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Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door

For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. Now her political future may lie in ruins.

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Le Pen’s MAGA-Style Martyrdom Is New Risk in France

And now a bombshell has landed that will reshape the 2027 race: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement, with the court barring her from standing for office for five years. What makes this scandal different is not,

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France's Le Pen barred from candidacy after graft conviction

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday (March 31) and banned immediately for five years from running for public office, in a watershed moment that will rule her out of the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand.

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Could the verdict expected at French far-right party's trial end Marine Le Pen's political career?

Her “political death.” That's how French far-right leader Marine Le Pen described what's at stake in a verdict expected Monday that could derail her plans to run in the next presidential election scheduled for 2027.

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France's far right calls for Paris rally in support of Le Pen

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has called on people to rally in the centre of Paris on Sunday in protest at a ruling that has banned Marine Le Pen from running for public

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French court leaves Marine Le Pen’s political career on the brink

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen predicted for months that judges would not dare to immediately ban her from running for office if she was convicted for embezzling EU funds. On Monday, they did just that.

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‘Big political earthquake’: CNN’s Melissa Bell breaks down Le Pen verdict

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds. Le Pen was also handed a four-year prison sentence with two years suspended,

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France’s Political Order Braces for Shock if Le Pen Is Banned From Elections

PARIS—When judges reach a verdict in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen on Monday, the fate of a politician with gravitational pull on France’s political system will be hanging in the ...

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Le Pen’s Bid for President Threatened by Paris Court Ruling

Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party, will find out on Monday whether she’ll be banned from running for president in 2027 as Paris judges rule on an embezzlement case that’s put ...

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Marine Le Pen’s presidential hopes seem dead. Her party hasn’t really planned for it.

The day saw a three-judge panel seemingly crush Marine Le Pen’s dream of winning the presidency, one she has never been closer to realizing, according to opinion polls. Le Pen was convicted of participating in a scheme to embezzle funds from the European ...

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French Constitutional Council ruling deals blow to Le Pen

leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race. The council issued its ruling in a case that did not involve Le Pen, but its ...