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A French court has found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of misusing EU funds to pay staff from her National Rally party between 2004 and 2016 and followed up the verdict on Monday with a sentence barring her from running for office immediately, possibly dashing her political ambitions of standing in the next presidential race.

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[-] softcat@lemmy.ca 21 points 2 days ago

Only for five years, and only if it will not see an appeal. Still, it's a good start.

[-] Phytobus@lemm.ee 16 points 2 days ago

The verdict will stay in place even if she goes for an appeal. It can only be lifted if she actually wins the appeal but the chances of that are practically zero given the evidence.

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