An appeals court reportedly says it will try to adjudicate her case in time for the presidential election.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU funds in a major political earthquake.

Le Pen, the RN and two dozen party figures were accused of diverting more than 4 million Euros ($4.33 million) of European Parliament funds to pay France-based staff. They had argued the money was used legitimately and that the allegations had defined too narrowly what a parliamentary assistant does.

It was a good day for French democracy but the far-right may still win the 2027 presidential election, writes Cole Stangler.

Le Pen called her ban from running a "nuclear bomb" by the system, after a court convicted her of embezzlement and blocked her from office for five years.

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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that French far-right leader Marine Le Pen's conviction and resulting prohibition from running in the 2027 presidential election was a "very big deal."

For generations, Marine Le Pen’s family has held the reins of France’s nationalist party. Now Le Pen must decide whether to fight for her political future or make way for a successor.

France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running in elections for five years.