Conviction of Marine Le Pen’s diversion: what to know and what is the next step

Marine Le Pen, the chief of the far right of France and a leading candidate to become the next president of the country, was prevented from presenting himself to public functions for five years, after she and her party were found guilty of having diverted millions of euros in the European Union.

Ms. Le Pen, an anti -immigrant populist politician, was also sentenced to four years in prison – with two years suspended and two which could be signified in interior residence – and sentenced to a fine of 100,000 euros, or about $ 108,000. She has always denied any reprehensible act and will appeal to the verdict, which would put her prison sentence and the fine pending.

But the decision against Ms. Le Pen and his party, the National Rally, threatens to ruin its plans to present itself to the presidency in 2027.

She spent years trying to soften the image of her group and move it in the dominant current by disowning her anti -Semitic roots after having expelled her father from the extreme right party which he formerly led.

Who is Marine Le Pen?

Ms. Le Pen, 56, became the face of France far right after having taken control of the celebration in 2011 of her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen.

Ms. Le Pen sought to detoxify the political movement he built by softening some of his policies, modifying the name of the National Front party to the National Rally, publicly rejecting the anti -Semitism of her father – he was sentenced by a French Holocaust denial court for having affirmed the disused voters.