Marine Le Pen attacks ban on French presidency run as a ‘political decision’

Far-right leader, who was found guilty of embezzlement of European funds, says conviction is a denial of democracy'

The French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has railed against a Paris court's political decision" to bar her from competing for the presidency in 2027, attacking the move to ban her from running for public office as a denial of democracy".

In a day of high political drama, Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement of European parliament funds on a vast scale, a conviction for which she was also handed a four-year prison sentence, with two of those years suspended and two to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet. She was also ordered to pay a 100,000 (84,000) fine.