Yvon Castel says he has voted for the far-right National Rally for years, but is less than impressed by the tactics its leader Marine Le Pen has chosen to try to fight her way out of a legal judgement barring her way to 2027 elections.

France's far right will hold a rally on Sunday to show support for their figurehead Marine Le Pen, who was this week convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office .

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.

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.