Marine Le Pen banned from running for public office after guilty verdict in embezzlement trial – Europe live

Exact length of ban not yet known after French far right leader and eight National Rally MEPs found guilty of misappropriating EU funds

The judges have begun reading their verdicts.

Patrick Maisonneuve, lawyer for the European parliament, arriving in court, said that what was at stake was the embezzlement of European taxpayers’ funds.

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