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Marine Le Pen's conviction, the far right in France warns of mass protests
2025-04-01 18:01:19 / BOTA
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella has called on people to gather in central Paris on Sunday to protest a decision that has banned Marine Le Pen from running for public office for five years.
Le Pen's bid to become France's next president in 2027 was dealt a dramatic blow on Monday when judges said she had been at the centre of an operation in which €2.9m in EU funds was embezzled between 2004 and 2016.
She can appeal, but the ban takes immediate effect and the appeals process could take some time, leaving her with only a slim chance of running for president.
Bardella, president of the Rally National (RN) party, said the French should be "outraged" by the sentence.
“We will take to the streets this weekend,” Bardella added during a press conference on Tuesday, with a call for “democratic, peaceful, calm mobilizations.” The first protest is planned at Place Vauban near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.
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