French leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of misusing European Union funds. Her four-year sentence delivered by a Paris court prevents Le Pen from standing for election in 2027, but she is eager to appeal and run again.
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00:00In a major shake-up in French politics, far-right leader Marine Le Pen is banned from running
00:06for president in 2027.
00:09A French court found Le Pen guilty of embezzling EU funds, then barred her from holding public
00:14office for five years.
00:16She was also handed a four-year sentence and fined over $108,000.
00:22Le Pen leads France's National Rally Party and is a major figure in far-right politics.
00:27She ran in the past three presidential elections on an anti-immigration platform.
00:32She says she plans to appeal the decision, calling it a politicized effort to block her
00:37candidacy.