The French far right's leader, sentenced in 2025 to four years in prison and a five-year ban on holding an elected office after being convicted of embezzlement of pubic funds, goes back to court with 11 co-defendants for a one-month trial starting Tuesday.

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

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…