immortalised on screen in films such as Le Mans ’66. The sight of elite racing cars tearing around the French circuit, their headlights glowing brightly in the pitch black of night, is one of ...

A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and ...

Marine Le Pen banned from 2027 French presidential race after being convicted of embezzling €4.1 million in EU funds. A Paris court sentenced her to four years in prison, with two years suspended, and ...

French far-right figurehead, Marine Le Pen, has been banned from running for political office for five years. This was the verdict as a Paris court found her guilty of embezzling European Union funds.

Le Pen is a well-known champion of right-wing causes and there was reaction internationally as well. Last night at a press conference in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump noted, "That’s a ...

A French court found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday of misappropriating EU funds, a verdict that could see her barred from the 2027 presidential race and upend French politics.

dealing a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes and upending the 2027 race for the Élysée palace. Le Pen has vowed to fight the conviction, which she claims was politically ...

Le Pen’s lawyer said she would appeal the verdict, but she will remain ineligible while she does and so could be ruled out of the 2027 presidential race. She was also sentenced to four years ...

France's Le Pen: I'm Out of the Running for the 2027 Race, but Will Fight On PARIS (Reuters) - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Monday that a court's decision to bar her from office ...

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By Roger Cohen and Aurelien Breeden Reporting from Paris Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday and immediately barred ...