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

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

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been sentenced to a five-year ban on running for public office for embezzling EU funds, a major political earthquake.

France's far-right National Front candidate for the presidential election Marine Le Pen, center, delivers her speech at Opera during the traditional May Day march in Paris, Tuesday May 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

Le Pen verdict triggers uproar from far right in France and beyond, amid fist pumps in Paris

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)

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AP explains as French far-right leader Le Pen barred from seeking public office

A French court has barred Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years for embezzlement in a hammer blow to the far-right leader’s presidential hopes. Although she can appeal the verdict, such a move won’t suspend her ineligibility and could rule her out of the 2027 presidential race. AP Video shot by Nicolas Garriga

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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)

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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)

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

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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)

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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)

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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

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, front, speaks to the media as she arrives at the court house in Paris, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

France’s Le Pen denies wrongdoing as she and her party go on trial accused of embezzling EU funds

FILE - Police vans park outside the National Assembly during the second round of the legislative elections in Paris, Sunday, July 7, 2024. France’s far right leader Marine Le Pen says the country is “in a quagmire” after the chaotic legislative elections have produced a fragmented parliament and a deeply divided society as Paris prepares to host the Olympic Games at the end of the month. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Far-right leader Le Pen says France is in a political ‘quagmire’ 9 days before Olympics start

Far-right National Rally party leader Marine Le Pen answers reporters after the second round of the legislative election, Sunday, July 7, 2024 at the party election night headquarters in Paris. A coalition on the left that came together unexpectedly ahead of France's snap elections won the most parliamentary seats in the vote, according to polling projections Sunday. The surprise projections put President Emmanuel Macron's centrist alliance in second and the far right in third. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is investigated over alleged illicit financing in 2022 vote

FILE - French far-right leader Marine Le Pen reacts as she meets supporters and journalists after the release of projections based on the actual vote count in select constituencies , Sunday, June 30, 2024 in Henin-Beaumont, northern France. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen appeared last week to be nearer to power than ever after her National Rally party, strengthened by new allies, triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections, with a first place that was by no means a hole in one but still looked like an impressive tee-shot, apparently positioning it to possibly win or get close to an absolute parliamentary majority in the decisive run-off round this Sunday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

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Kylian Mbappe of France wears a face mask during a round of sixteen match between France and Belgium at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, July 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Mbappé warns of ‘catastrophic’ political situation in France as the far right gets closer to power

People gather at Republique plaza in a protest against the far-right, Wednesday, July 3, 2024, in Paris. French opposition parties and associations are trying to block a landslide victory for Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally in next Sunday's second round of legislative elections. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Far-right National Rally candidates, including one who wore Nazi cap, scrutinized in French election

Serge Klarsfeld sits in his office, Tuesday, July 2, 2024 in Paris. France's renowned Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld advised voters faced with a duel between a candidate from Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally and a far-left competitor to choose the far right in Sunday's parliamentary elections runoff. Klarsfeld, a 88 year-old historian who with his wife Beate dedicated his life to bring fugitive Nazis to justice, told the Associated Press "it's very simple. Marine Le Pen is the head of a party which supports Israel and supports the Jews." (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Renowned Nazi hunter in France advises Jews to choose far right over far left in elections