French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office
French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running for office
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France’s Le Pen vows to fight election ban, says verdict ‘violates rule of law’
A French court has found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of misusing EU funds to pay staff from her National Rally party between 2004 and 2016 and followed up the verdict on Monday with a sentence barring her from running for office immediately, possibly dashing her political ambitions of standing in the next presidential race.
