Supporters are likening a five-year ban on Marine Le Pen running for office to a political witch-hunt. But the criticisms — and death threats to a judge — could backfire.

Far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty ...

A 76-year-old Frenchman was given an eight-month suspended sentence for threatening a judge who barred Marine Le Pen from the ...

Benedicte de Perthuis, head of the three-judge panel that found Le Pen guilty of embezzling EU funds, issued a five-year ban on the politician seeking public office on Monday. Following the ruling, de ...

The 76-year-old man was arrested over violent remarks against the presiding judge in Marine le Pen's trial, Bénédicte de ...

A torrent of online abuse has been directed at Bénédicte de Perthuis, the judge who presided over the Paris court on Monday.

Judge Benedicte de Perthuis said Le Pen had been "at the heart" of the scheme. She is now barred from running against President Emmanuel Macron in the next election. "This is a seismic political ...

De Perthuis headed the judicial panel that convicted Le Pen last week in a corruption case that has sent shockwaves through ...

was a candidate in the presidential election," judge Benedicte de Perthuis, was quoted as saying by the French news agency AFP. De Perthuis also sentenced Le Pen to four years in prison but said ...

The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online, ...

A 5-year ban on running for office will bar Le Pen from the 2027 presidential election unless she wins her appeal. Read more at straitstimes.com.

French authorities on Tuesday detained a 76-year-old man over a death threat against the judge who presided over the panel ...