{"id":2417879,"date":"2025-03-31T09:18:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-le-pen-barred-from-public-office-after-embezzlement-conviction\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T09:19:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T13:19:45","slug":"marine-le-pen-barred-from-public-office-after-embezzlement-conviction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marine-le-pen-barred-from-public-office-after-embezzlement-conviction\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine Le Pen barred from public office after embezzlement conviction"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmarine-le-pen-barred-from-public-office-after-embezzlement-conviction%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2417879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marine Le Pen, the prominent French right<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-is-open-new-york-is-closed-and-ny-has-more-covid-deaths\/\" title=\"Florida Is Open, New York Is Closed, And NY Has More COVID Deaths\">-wing politician<\/a>, has been convicted of embezzlement by a Paris court, resulting in a five-year ban from public office and a four<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-please-pardon-jon-woods-a-victim-of-process-crimes-like-michael-flynn\/\" title=\"President Trump, Please Pardon Jon Woods, a Victim of Process Crimes Like Michael Flynn\">-year prison sentence<\/a>, of which two years are to be served using an ankle monitor. The charges stemmed from accusations that she misused funds meant for European Union parliament staff to pay for her party&#8217;s political work. Despite her denials and plans to appeal the ruling, this conviction jeopardizes her prospects for the 2027 presidential election, where she had shown strong potential. Le pen&#8217;s party, the National Rally, has gained popularity in recent years, leading some party members to claim that the ruling undermines French democracy. The next presidential elections in France are set for April 2027, following a period of political instability marked by a lack of a clear governing majority in the parliament.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Marine Le Pen barred from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-clinton-lawyer-comes-short-of-admitting-fbi-raid-is-part-of-effort-to-bar-trump-from-running-for-re-election\/\" title=\"Ex-Clinton Lawyer Comes Short of Admitting FBI Raid Is Part of Effort to Bar Trump From Running for Re-Election\">seeking public office<\/a>, sentenced to prison after embezzlement conviction<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2079241\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/france\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"French\">French<\/a> right-wing politician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marine-le-pen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"French\">Marine Le Pen<\/a> was found guilty of embezzlement charges in a Paris court on Monday and was handed a sentence that will bar her from the country&rsquo;s 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen and top officials in the National Rally party were <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/le-pen-embezzling-eu-funds-far-right-2cf9684146178c978bce402d0d73521f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"accused\">accused<\/a> of using funds intended for European Union parliamentary aides to pay for staffers who did political work. The politician and her party have denied any wrongdoing throughout the trial, which began last year.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3363459\/danish-pm-headed-to-greenland-amid-mounting-us-interest\/\">Danish PM headed to Greenland amid mounting US interest in arctic island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3363441\/hamas-accepts-new-ceasefire-proposal-israel-makes-counteroffer\/\">Hamas says it accepts a new Gaza ceasefire proposal but Israel makes a counteroffer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3363338\/myanmars-earthquake-death-toll-jumps-to-1644-as-more-bodies-are-recovered-from-the-rubble\/\">Myanmar&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">earthquake death toll jumps<\/a> to 1,644 as more bodies are recovered from the rubble<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>After being found guilty in the criminal court, Le Pen was barred from running for office for five years and sentenced to four years in prison, and she was fined 100,000 euros. However, half of her four-year prison sentence was suspended, so she will serve the other two years by using an ankle monitor or another alternative to jail time. An appeal by Le Pen would put the prison sentencing on hold, but the ban on her running for office would be maintained unless she received a favorable ruling.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Today, it is not only Marine Le Pen who is being unjustly condemned: It is French democracy that is being executed,&rdquo; Jordan Bardella, who replaced Le Pen as president of National Rally in 2022, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/J_Bardella\/status\/1906659577174589915\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">wrote<\/a> in response to the ruling.<\/p>\n<p>Le Pen was the runner-up in the 2017 and 2022 presidential elections, losing to French President Emmanuel Macron. Her right-wing party has received increasing support in the past decade. Macron, who is term-limited, cannot seek an additional term in the 2027 election.<\/p>\n<p>Opinion polling for the 2027 presidential race has consistently shown Le Pen leading the wide field of candidates. Monday&rsquo;s ruling throws her ability to run into jeopardy, with another candidate likely having to lead the party&rsquo;s presidential aspirations in two years.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3354535\/uk-vigilance-travel-us-german-citizen-detained-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"UK URGES VIGILANCE WHEN TRAVELING TO US AFTER GERMAN CITIZENS DETAINED AT BORDER\">UK URGES VIGILANCE WHEN TRAVELING TO US AFTER GERMAN CITIZENS DETAINED AT BORDER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In last year&rsquo;s parliamentary elections, National Rally saw significant gains despite strategic withdrawals from centrist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stacey-abrams-nominated-for-nobel-peace-prize\/\" title=\"Stacey Abrams Nominated For Nobel Peace Prize\">left-wing candidates<\/a>, which led to the left-wing coalition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3072295\/french-election-result-left-wing-coalition-wins-most-seats-upset\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"winning the most seats\">winning the most seats<\/a>. The lack of a clear governing majority has led to instability in the parliament, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3259695\/france-macron-appoints-fourth-prime-minister-in-a-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"four different prime ministers\">four different prime ministers<\/a> in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The next presidential election in France is expected in April 2027, with a second round in the following weeks if no candidate can get a majority of the votes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2079241\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2079241\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marine Le Pen convicted of embezzlement, barred from office<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2417880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marine-le-pen-court-france-march-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[16459,5777,34540,32603,49069],"class_list":["post-2417879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-embezzlement","tag-france","tag-marine-le-pen","tag-political-news","tag-public-office"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/marine-le-pen-court-france-march-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2417879"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417879\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2417883,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2417879\/revisions\/2417883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2417880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2417879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2417879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2417879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}