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Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during a demonstration demanding amnesty for those arrested for 2023's alleged coup attempt, in Sao Paulo, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ettore Chiereguini)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro leads rally in support of amnesty law as he faces trial for alleged coup plot

Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is leading a rally in support of an amnesty law that could free him from criminal charges, and eliminate the prison sentences of dozens of supporters who stormed the nation’s congress two years ago to protest the election of his successor, Luis Inacio Lula d

A woman holds a poster reading "in the name of the people - Marine president" during the French far-right party national rally near the parliament in support of Marine Le Pen in Paris, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen at the National Assembly, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

The EU Parliament has transparency problems. Marine Le Pen’s case is a window into what’s wrong

Jordan Bardella, lead candidate of the French far right National Rally for the upcoming European elections, poses before a debate at the French state owned TV channel France 2 in Aubervilliers, near Paris, on June 4, 2024. (Stephane de Sakutin, Pool via AP, File)

At just 29, Jordan Bardella inherits the French far-right spotlight, whether he’s ready or not

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reacts at the National Assembly during a session Tuesday, April 1, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Here’s a look at the election ban on France’s far-right Le Pen and the legal issues

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France’s far-right politician Le Pen remains defiant despite embezzlement conviction

French far-right politician Marine Le Pen remained defiant on Sunday, despite having been convicted of embezzling public funds. She told supporters that the verdict had been a “political” decision and that she would not give in. (AP video by Boubkar Benzabat)

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Italy’s Vice Premier expresses solidarity for Le Pen following embezzlement conviction

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French anti-racism group files complaint over far-right flyers distributed near Le Pen rally

French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen attends a party meeting in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon. File)

Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at a Paris court expected to deliver a verdict in an embezzlement case that could shake up French politics and derail far-right leader Marine Le Pen's career Monday, March 31, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

What to know about the ruling barring Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years

Andre Ventura, leader of Portugal populist right wing party Chega, left, speaks with Dutch far right wing politician Geert Wilders, center and French far-right leader Marine Le Pen during the far-right Patriots for Europe summit in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Paul White, File)

Le Pen verdict triggers uproar from far right in France and beyond

French judge rules far-right leader Marine Le Pen is barred from seeking public office with immediate effect

French court finds far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty in embezzlement case

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the courtroom for the trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen answers to the media during a gathering in support of detained Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, in Paris, Tuesday, March 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Could the verdict expected at French far-right party’s trial end Marine Le Pen’s political career?

A Rafale jet fighter next to a French flag, on France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, at Limassol port, Cyprus, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)

Macron to discuss nuclear deterrence with European allies. A look at France’s unique strategy

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, left, speaks with Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk as they arrive for an EU summit at the Egmont Palace in Brussels, Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

Trump has unleashed chaos by distraction upon the international community. That’s no accident

Spanish far-right VOX party leader Santiago Abascal, centre, sits with European far-right politicians during Patriots for Europe summit in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. From left, Italy's vice Premier Matteo Salvini, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, far-right VOX party leader Santiago Abascal, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and Dutch far right wing politician Geert Wilders.(AP Photo/Paul White)

Europe’s far-right leaders applaud Trump and downplay threat of possible US tariffs

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s government is fighting for survival over its 2025 budget. Here’s what to know

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France braces for a political showdown as the new prime minister seeks to force a budget through

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives Notre Dame du Val-de-Grace church for a public memorial for her father and late far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 in Paris. Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France's main far-right party, died on Jan.7, 2025 aged 96. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

Crowds attend Paris memorial for far-right French leader Jean-Marie Le Pen under tight security

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou delivers his general policy speech, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 at the National Assembly in Paris. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s new prime minister says he’ll renegotiate a contested plan to raise the retirement age

French far-right Front National leader Marine Le Pen is kissed by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, in Lyon, central France, Sunday Nov. 30, 2014. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen pays tribute to her politically polarizing father

French far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen, center, flanked by his daughter Marine Le Pen, and Bruno Gollnisch, arrives for a wreath-laying ceremony at the statue of Joan of Arc, within the party's traditional May Day march Saturday May 1, 2010, in Paris.(AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)

As Jean-Marie Le Pen is buried, here’s a look at key dates of the rise of the far right in France

Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

French centrist presidential election candidate Emmanuel Macron, left, waves supporters as French centrist politician Francois Bayrou looks on during a meeting in Pau, southwestern France, Wednesday, April 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)

France has a new government, again. Politics and crushing debt complicate next steps

Alexis Kohler, Secretary-General of the Elysee Palace, announces the names of the ministers of the new cabinet, in the Elysee Palace, Monday, Dec 23, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron's office announced a new government, after the previous Cabinet collapsed in a historic vote prompted by fighting over France's budget. (Saboor Abdul/Pool via AP)

France has a new government. Now it must fix the budget while avoiding collapse

France's newly appointed Prime Minister Francois Bayrou speaks after the handover ceremony at the Hotel Matignon , the Prime Minister residence, in Paris, Friday Dec. 13, 2024.( Abdul Saboor, Pool via AP)

President Macron names centrist ally Bayrou as France’s next prime minister

A waiter works as French President Emmanuel Macron addresses the nation following the resignation of ousted Prime Minister Michel Barnier, a day after a historic no-confidence vote at the National Assembly left France without a functioning government. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024 in Versailles, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Macron seeks political deal to name a new prime minister and restore France’s stability

French Prime Minister Michel Barnier gets applause from ministers and parliament members after addressing the National Assembly prior to a vote on a no-confidence motion that could bring him down and his cabinet for the first time since 1962, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, center, answers reporters at the National Assembly and confirmed the National Rally party will vote against Prime Minister Michel Barnier in an upcoming no-confidence vote, Monday, Dec. 2, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French lawmakers vote to oust prime minister in the first successful no-confidence vote since 1962

FILE - France's Prime Minister Michel Barnier arrives for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

France’s government warns of ‘big storm’ as no-confidence vote looms

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the courtroom for the last day of the trial on charges of embezzling European Parliament funds, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

High-stakes trial that could derail presidential ambitions of France’s Marine Le Pen wraps up

FILE - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen answers reporters at the Elysee Palace after a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, Aug. 26, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Thomas Padilla, File)

France’s far right threatens to bring down the government over the planned budget

FILE- French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrives at the courtroom for the trial over the suspected embezzlement of European Parliament funds, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 in Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

French prosecutors seek a 2-year prison sentence and ineligibility period against Marine Le Pen

This courtroom sketch by Valentin Pasquier shows French far-right leader Marine Le Pen during his trial, facing court on charges of embezzling EU funds at the Paris court house, in Paris France, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Valentin Pasquier)

France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces court on charges of embezzling EU funds

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds