PARIS − French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, a sentence that will bar her from running in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand.

Le Pen is barrred from running for public office for five years, with court also handing the far-right leader a four-year prison sentence, with two years suspended and two years’ home detention, and a €100,000 fine.

Marine Le Pen has been handed a jail sentence and banned from running in France’s 2027 presidential election, after being found guilty of embezzling funds from the European Parliament.The leader of the far-right National Rally (RN),