The victimization strategy that Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right Rassemblement National party, adopted after her embezzlement conviction has failed to reach beyond her core base. Her party's voters see Jordan Bardella as more capable of leading France.

PARIS: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who needs to have a graft conviction overturned to seize her best chance at the French presidency, risks seeing her life’s work upended if…

France’s far-right leader clears path for protégé Jordan Bardella to run in 2027 if embezzlement conviction is upheld