【 #AlJazeera 】French court convicts far-right leader Le Pen for graft, bars her from public office

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French court convicts far-right leader Le Pen for graft, bars her from public office

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A French court has imposed a jail sentence on far-right leader Marine Le Pen and barred her from seeking public office after it found her guilty of embezzling European Union funds. The Paris court ruled on Monday that Le Pen used more than 3 million euros ($3.3m) of European Parliament funds to pay members of her National Rally (RN) party. Le Pen was also given a four-year prison sentence but would not spend any time behind bars. A judge ruled that two years of her sentence would be served under house arrest with an electronic tag, and the remaining two years suspended. Her conviction has thrown the French far-right into disarray and has likely scuppered her 2027 bid to become president.

Al Jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Paris. Philippe de Veulle is an attorney. He says the ban on Le Pen running for public office for five years is anti-democratic.

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