Marine’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, led the National Rally from 1972 to 2011. Marine subsequently took his place in 2011 and served as the party’s president for the next eleven years.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen leaves the courtroom after a French court found her guilty on in an embezzlement case, Monday, March 31, 2025 in Paris. AP.

PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU funds, a major political earthquake. The ruling… ...

Le Pen was born in 1968 into a family already on the fringes of French politics. In 1972, her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen , founded the National Front party rooted in racism, antisemitism and a ...

A French court found Marine Le Pen guilty on Monday in an embezzlement case and barred her from seeking public office for five years, with immediate effect. Le Pen's lawyer said she would appeal.

Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling ...

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen on the day of the verdict of her trial over accusations of misappropriation of European Union funds, at the courthouse in Paris on March 31.

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 an ...

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.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen will not be eligible to run for public office for the next five years after a court found her guilty of embezzlement. CBS News' Elaine Cobbe reports. Mar 31 ...

Right-wing politician Marine Le Pen was the polling leader for the 2027 French presidential election after finishing as runner-up in 2017 and 2022.

French politician Marine Le Pen may be emboldened in a similar fashion to President Donald Trump following one of his indictments after a court found the National Rally leader guilty of embezzling ...