The historic leader of the far right, who has been convicted, claims that they will not allow "the French to be robbed of the presidential elections". The National Rally calls for demonstrations in support of Le Pen throughout France.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzlement

The home address of Benedicte de Perthuis - the head of a three-judge panel that found Le Pen guilty of embezzling EU funds and handed her a five-year ban on seeking public office - was shared online after she delivered her ruling on Monday, the source said. She is now receiving police protection at work and at home.

A French judge who blocked far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address published online.