Far-right party chief Jordan Bardella called on the French to rally this weekend to protest against a ruling that banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds.

Le Pen's bid to become France's next president in 2027 were dealt a dramatic blow on Monday, when judges said she had been at the heart of an operation which saw the embezzlement

Mathieu Carpentier, a constitutional law expert at Toulouse Capitole University, rejected the idea that Le Pen was a victim of "judicial warfare". The evidence against her was str