Marine Le Pen, leader of the French far-right, has faced a major setback after being convicted of embezzling EU funds, which bars her from holding political office for five years. This conviction could severely impact her longstanding campaign for presidential power which, in 2022, saw her gain over 40% of the electoral vote in the runoff against Emmanuel Macron. Her political rise reshaped the far right in France; however, this ruling may signal an end to her ambitions and alter the landscape of French politics for years to come.
Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far right of its old symbols, sanded down its roughest edges.
A French court convicted Le Pen of embezzling European Union funds, barring her from holding office for five years. Her political future may lay in ruins.
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