Le Pen, France
Digest more
Top News
Reactions and opinions
France’s National Rally will protest in Paris on Sunday over what it called the “tyranny of judges” after a court ruling barred its leader Marine Le Pen from running for president.
From Bloomberg
Marine Le Pen remained defiant on Sunday, despite having been convicted of embezzling public funds.
From Yahoo
Read more on News Digest
France's far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a "political decision" at a rally in Paris on Sunday. "I won't give up," she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower.
6don MSN
A French court found her and eight other former European lawmakers guilty of embezzling public funds. The verdict is a hammer blow to Le Pen's presidential hopes and an earthquake for French politics.
The cases of France’s Marine Le Pen and Romania’s Calin Georgescu have stoked fury among Europe’s right-wing nationalists and many members of the Trump administration, who see voters’ demands being thwarted.
1d
France 24 on MSNMarine Le Pen sentenced, Trump's trade war, Myanmar in ruins: The week in picturesFRANCE 24 highlights some of the week's top stories in pictures: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzlement and ban from seeking public office, US President Donald Trump's