French leader Marine Le Pen was prevented from standing from the office for a period of five years with an immediate impact and was sentenced to prison after being convicted of embezzling the European Union’s funds.

The court’s decision on Monday, which is reshaped France The political scene is likely to prevent a laptop from running in the 2027 presidential elections, which was one of the candidates.

LobAnd that stormed from the courtroom in Paris before announcing its punishment and completing the word “incredible” under her breath, she said that she would resume. Her party, Rassamplement National, called for mass protests in response to the rule of three judges.

In an interview with TF1 TV on Monday evening, Le Pen admitted that the court ruling means that it was “eliminated” from the presidential vote in 2027, but it pledged to fight and try to cancel the ruling in its appeal.

She criticized the judges’ ruling as biased and violated the voter’s freedom to choose. “I will not allow myself to go out like this. I will follow all possible legal asylum. There is a road – narrow, yes – but it exists.”

with Popular truth In the rise of most Europe and President Emmanuel Macron, the central forces weakened due to the loss of the majority of Parliament in the legislative elections last year, the presidential candidate was three times hoped to secure power in 2027.

Although the electoral ban for five years will start immediately, the prison sentence for a period of four years in Le Pen will only begin once more legal asylum remains.

Two years of the sentence can be presented under the observation of an ankle wearing, while the other two years are suspended. Loop was also fined between 100,000 euros.

“It is necessary to ensure that the elected officials do not benefit from the preferential treatment,” said senior judge Benedic de Barthoyes in justifying an immediate ban.

Le Pen’s ability to run in the 2027 elections depend on the duration of the appeal process and its final results.

TF1 told that she did not intend to withdraw from politics and will remain a member of the National Assembly. Le Pen said: “In any way, not at all.” “In democracy, it is the voters who decided. I am here tonight to tell them: Don’t worry, I am not moral.”

However, many analysts believe that Le Pen will not be able to challenge the 2027 vote.

“This represents a major turning point in French political life,” said Bruneo Cotrala, a political scientist at the University of Science Po, on the pretext that Bruno Jordan Bartella, “This represents a major turning point in French political life,” on the pretext that the 29 -year -old Professor Bardela will now have to run in place.

CAUTRRRA added that Le Pen was one of the presidency, along with the former Prime Minister of Philip, who was late in an opinion poll published on Sunday.

“Today, not only Marine Le Pen is the one who is not fairly convicted: it is the French democracy that is being implemented,” as Barilla was published on X, which later calls for a peaceful collective mobilization “to show that the will of the people is stronger” than the court.

The referee was attacked by the Donald Trump administration. “Excluding people from the political process is particularly concerned, given the aggressive and corrupt portfolio launched by President Trump, here in the United States,” said Tami Bruce, a US State Department spokesman.

On Monday, Trump described the decision as a “very big deal”.

He told reporters at the Oval Office: “Many people believed that they would not condemn anything,” he told reporters at the Oval Office. “It was banned from running for five years and was the leading candidate.”

Bruce highlighted a controversial speech delivered by US Vice President JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference in February, in which he said that Europe is retracting its “basic values”, partly by seeking to isolate the advanced right -wing parties.

Elon Musk, Trump’s main consultant also linking the ruling. “When the radical left cannot win through a democratic vote, they misuse the legal system to imprison their opponents,” was published on X.

Matteo Salvini, the extremist right -wing deputy prime minister in Italy and Lab’s ally, compared the ruling on the decision of the Romanian authorities to exclude former candidate Celine Georgico from the country’s presidential race.

“This is the declaration of war by Brussels,” posted on X. “We will not get to know, we will not stop.”

“More and more European capitals are going on the path of democratic standards,” said Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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But Perska Theivinot, Macron MP, said that Le Pen should not be above the law.

She added, “We are in democracy based on the rule of law.” “There is a separation of law and politics.”

The court found that a system of decades and fake jobs helped Rassamplement National SIPHON to stop about 4.4 million euros of European Union funds using parliamentarians in Brussels to work in the party in France.

In total, 24 elected officials – including nine former members of the European Parliament – were tried for similar crimes alongside Le Pen, which was MEP between 2004 and 2016.

“These were fake contracts,” said the head of the judges reading the ruling.

She added that although there is no “personal enrichment” of the previous treatment concerned, they have benefited from a “specific financial comfort” in addition to the party’s financial assistance.

All nine of the previous cases were also convicted, while the provisions of other employees and party officials varied depending on their participation level.

Upon reaching its decisions, the court also took into account the risk of recurring crimes and a “major disturbance of public order” if a person was allowed to run in presidential elections.