The Paris court says it would be undemocratic to allow a convicted official to run for president. Monday's decision takes effect immediately and could bar Le Pen from participating in France’s next ...

The far-right leader was sentenced, at the end of March, to a five-year ban on running for office. She has appealed. Two ...

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

French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen attends a party meeting in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon. File) Honorary President of far-right party ...

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A 5-year ban on running for office will bar Le Pen from the 2027 presidential election unless she wins her appeal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Donald Trump has demanded that France “free” far-right leader Marine Le Pen as he labelled her ban from running for office a “witch hunt”.

Although Le Pen can appeal the verdict, such a move won’t suspend her ineligibility, which could rule her out of the 2027 presidential race. The court ruling was a political as well as a judicial ...

The thunderclap court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across the political spectrum of France and Europe.

Paris, France – On Sunday ... The far right immediately pushed back against the court ruling. Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s 29-year-old protege, called her provisional sentence “a democratic ...

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's conviction and resulting prohibition from running in the 2027 presidential election was a "very big deal." ...