Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right leader, was sentenced to prison and barred from running for office for five years after a court convicted her of embezzlement.

The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.

Judges convicted the far-right leader of misusing EU funds and barred her from running in the 2027 French presidential elections.