The court’s decision landed like a political shockwave — barring French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from holding office ...

Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, is barred from running in France’s 2027 presidential election after an embezzlement conviction involving her political party. Roger Cohen, the Paris bureau ...

Monday's decision takes effect immediately and could bar Le Pen from participating in France’s next presidential election in 2027. The Paris appeals court said Tuesday that three appeals have ...

Marine Le Pen, the figurehead of the ascendant far-right political movement in France, was hit with a non-custodial prison sentence and barred from running in elections for five years on Monday as ...

There’s no guarantee that an appeals court would rule more favorably, and appeals in France can take several years to conclude. The verdict was a resounding defeat for Le Pen's National Rally ...

By Monday afternoon, the ruling had reverberated far beyond France’s borders ... but reshape the political map she had ...

Le Pen Verdict Triggers Uproar From Far Right in France and Beyond PARIS (AP ... but reshape the political map she had dominated for more than a decade. Europe's far right closes ranks ...