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

Le Pen's ban - after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds - means she would not be able to run in the 2027 French presidential election.

Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty ...

The leader of France's far-right party National Rally, Marine Le Pen, along with eight other Members of the European Parliament (MEP), has been found guilty of misusing EU funds, The Guardian reports.

The cases of France’s Marine Le Pen and Romania’s Calin Georgescu have stoked fury among Europe’s right-wing nationalists and ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from standing for office for five years with immediate effect and sentenced to jail after being convicted of embezzling EU funds.

The court highlighted the 'central role' played by the far-right in the system set up to embezzle money from the European Parliament by using funds allocated for parliamentary assistants to pay for ...

But Marine Le Pen's case is just one example of transparency problems that have plagued the legislature. From Budapest to Washington, Le Pen’s political allies cried foul over this week ...

Accused of misusing EU funds, Monday's verdict could determine whether the far-right National Rally leader can run again.

With National Rally framing their ex-leader as a political martyr, is French court ruling an own goal for democracy?

PARIS, March 31 (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted ... Judge Benedicte de Perthuis ruled that Le Pen, along with eight other people who were EU lawmakers at the ...

The EU Parliament Has Transparency Problems. Marine Le Pen's Case Is a Window Into What's Wrong The conviction of one of the most powerful figures of the European far right for embezzling EU ...