Marine Le Pen banned from running for French presidency in 2027 and given four-year sentence in embezzlement trial – live
Source: The Guardian | Published: March 31, 2025, 11:51 a.m.
French far right leader barred from running for public office for five years with immediate effect after guilty verdict in trial
The judges have begun reading their verdicts.
Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds.
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