In a speech, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, cast a judicial decision prohibiting her from running for office as a threat to democracy.

Supporters of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen were gathering in Paris on Sunday to protest her conviction for embezzlement and a five-year ban on running for office. Le Pen, who is appealing the verdict,

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in elections for five years.