{"id":16517,"date":"2025-03-31T11:53:28","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/frances-marine-le-pen-leading-right-wing-politician-found-guilty-of-embezzlement-barred-from-elections\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T11:53:28","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T11:53:28","slug":"frances-marine-le-pen-leading-right-wing-politician-found-guilty-of-embezzlement-barred-from-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/frances-marine-le-pen-leading-right-wing-politician-found-guilty-of-embezzlement-barred-from-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"France&#8217;s Marine Le Pen, leading right-wing politician, found guilty of embezzlement, barred from elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Marine Le Pen, the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/jean-marie-le-pen-dead-france-far-right-national-front\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">figurehead of the ascendant far-right political movement<\/a><\/span> in France, was hit with a non-custodial prison sentence and barred from running in elections for five years on Monday as a court found her guilty of embezzling European Union funds to pay members of her National Rally party&#8217;s staff.<\/p>\n<p>In handing down the sentence, the judge said the public office ban would take effect immediately and she will not be able to appeal, which means Le Pen will not be able to run for the French presidency in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The court took into consideration, in addition to the risk of reoffending, the major disturbance of public order if a person already convicted&#8230; was a candidate in the presidential election,&#8221; judge Benedicte de Perthuis, was quoted as saying by the French news agency AFP.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/31\/1d45c1f2-d307-4dbe-83f5-0c6b7e13a8a9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/24228ab452e8ef9d8635bae00b4628d3\/gettyimages-2207289398.jpg?v=95354023eeb6141c58c08d9a5716f291#\" alt=\"Leader of National Rally, Marine Le Pen leaves Paris courthouse \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/31\/1d45c1f2-d307-4dbe-83f5-0c6b7e13a8a9\/thumbnail\/620x413\/24228ab452e8ef9d8635bae00b4628d3\/gettyimages-2207289398.jpg?v=95354023eeb6141c58c08d9a5716f291 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/03\/31\/1d45c1f2-d307-4dbe-83f5-0c6b7e13a8a9\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/38f286588f5233b315d2bc266435143f\/gettyimages-2207289398.jpg?v=95354023eeb6141c58c08d9a5716f291 2x\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20viewBox%3D'0%200%20620%20413'%2F%3E\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Marine Le Pen, the leader of the parliamentary group of the far-right French Rassemblement National (RN) party, leaves the Paris courthouse after her trial on March 31, 2025 in Paris, France.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Mustafa Yalcin\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>De Perthuis also sentenced Le Pen to four years in prison, but said that part of her sentence would be served with her wearing an electronic tag, not in prison, and that two years of the sentence would be suspended. He also fined her more than $100,000. Both the fine and the prison sentence can be appealed.<\/p>\n<p>Recent polling has shown Le Pen is likely to have won at least a first round in France&#8217;s next national election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen, 56, garnered 41% of the ballots in the last French presidential election in 2022, and has made no secret of her desire to run again for the nation&#8217;s highest office.<\/p>\n<p>Sat in the front row of the Paris court, Le Pen whispered &#8220;incredible&#8221; as the judge detailed his reasoning for the guilty verdict. She walked out of the court before the sentences were even announced.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen, along with eight current or former party members, had faced up to 10 years in prison on the embezzlement charges. A dozen others who served as parliamentary aides for the National Rally party, formerly the National Front, also received guilty verdicts for their role in the scheme.<\/p>\n<p>The judge said Le Pen and her colleagues did not enrich themselves personally, but called the embezzlement &#8220;a democratic bypass&#8221; that duped the French parliament and voters.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latribune.fr\/la-tribune-dimanche\/politique\/je-ne-suis-pas-febrile-a-la-veille-de-son-jugement-marine-le-pen-la-joue-zen-1021700.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">La Tribune Dimanche<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday that the judges had &#8220;the right of life or death over our movement.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen may have no choice now but to cede her party&#8217;s presidential ambitions to the current party president, Jordan Bardella.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 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