France’s right-wing supporters rally in Paris against Le Pen’s conviction
- French far-right leader Jordan Bardella called for a rally in Paris to protest Marine Le Pen's five-year ban from public office due to a ruling linked to EU fund embezzlement from 2004 to 2016.
- Marine Le Pen was sentenced to a four-year prison term, with two years suspended, and fined £100,000. She described the ruling as a 'nuclear bomb' aimed at her party, the National Rally.
- Polls indicated that about 60% of National Rally voters would support Bardella over Le Pen if he ran for president.
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A defiant Marine le Pen rallies in Paris
The right rarely take to the streets in France, but thousands gathered in Paris Sunday to hear Marine Le Pen pledge to continue the fight. The leader of the Rassemblement National was convicted of embezzlement last week, and among her punishments was a five-year political disqualification. She told her supporters she was a victim of a “witch-hunt” and they roared their agreement. Le Pen had assembled her members in parliament and supporters in t…
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