The judge who barred far-right leader Marine Le Pen from running in France's 2027 presidential election is under police protection after facing death threats and having her home address shared online,

Nevertheless, the verdict—which is very likely to keep Ms Le Pen from running in the 2027 French presidential election—has shocked her party, the National Rally ( RN ), shaken French politics and received much international attention.

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzlement.

Le Pen's ban - after being found guilty of embezzling EU funds - means she would not be able to run in the 2027 French presidential election.

A French court on Monday barred Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election after she was convicted of embezzlement. "That's a very big deal," Trump told reporters when asked about that conviction. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

He told Jordan Bardella, long seen as the heir apparent to far-right leader Marine Le Pen, that he was the best placed to unify the French right and forge a new majority to succeed Macron. Bardella’s chance to test that notion came a step closer this week with the dramatic court ruling that bars Le Pen from running in the 2027 election.

La líder ultraderechista francesa Marine Le Pen ha denunciado como “un escándalo democrático” el fallo judicial que le impuso