Marin Le Pen from the French presidential running after the rule of embezzlement

Marine Le Pen, the far -right French leader, was condemned by embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday and immediately prevented from running for public positions for a period of five years, which led to a democratic crisis in France.

The effective judgment was prohibited from the current candidate in the 2027 presidential elections from participating in it, which is an unusual step, but one of them said the judge whose president said is necessary because no person has the right to “immunity to violate the rule of law.”

Jordan Barilla, Hamida Mrs. Le Pen and a possible presidential candidate in her absence, He said on social media“Not only that Marine Le Pen condemned, and French democracy has been executed.” It appears that the hard -right leaders across Europe, including Victor Urban, Hungarian Prime Minister, agree.

“I am free!” Mr. Urban announced.

However, Sacha Houlié, local deputy, to request“Is our society really ill that we will take a crime in no less than the rule of law?”

The referee angered Mrs. Le Pen, a nationalist politician against immigrants who already installed three failed presidential bids. She looked dark and grumbled “incredible”. She quickly came out of the courtroom before the judges completed reading her punishment.

Dozens of camera sets did not address outside the courtroom, but she was expected to speak on French television on Monday evening. I talked about “serenity” before the session, but there was little evidence of this.

and Poll In the presidential elections on Sunday, Mrs. Le Pen granted 34 to 37 percent of the vote, and more than 10 points before her closest rival. President Emmanuel Macron is limited for the duration and cannot run again.

Mrs. Le Pen denied any violations in the case, which included accusations that her party, the National Assembly, Illegally used several million euros In the European Parliament’s money for expenditures between 2004 and 2016.

The court also sentenced Mrs. Le Pen, 56, to four years in prison, with two of those years suspended. The court said that the other two could serve under a form of house arrest. It has been fined 100,000 euros, or about $ 108,000.

The lack of eligibility of Mrs. Le Pen is effective immediately. As a result, you will only be able to run in 2027 if you get a more lenient judgment when appeals – which is difficult but not impossible. The appeal process is slow in France, and even if a new trial occurs before the elections, it is unclear whether the prosecution issue will be overturned.

The main judge, Benedic de Breyots, acknowledged that the politician who prevented him from running for positions may later beat the appeal, and said that the court could not be indifferent to “the need to seek social consensus.”

The judge said that the seriousness of the case, and the clear rejection of those accused of recognizing the facts, made the political exclusion necessary. She noted that the court must “make sure that the elected officials, like any citizen, do not benefit from any favorable treatment.”

The referee can enter into a period of renewable political turmoil if Mrs. Le Pen decides to start France’s fragile government Or if the anger is poured into the streets. The government has struggled to pass the budget this year, and it can be prolonged at any time by legislators in the House of Representatives, the National Assembly, as Mrs. Le Pen is the Great.

The ruling does not affect its current mandate as a project at the lower home. But if Mr. Macron describes the sudden parliament elections, as he did last year, it will not be eligible to run again. Looking at the current predicament in a divided group, such a solution this year is reasonable.

Mrs. Le Pen and her party stood accused of embezzlement of approximately $ 5 million in European Parliament’s funds for more than a decade. But the accusations did little to hinder The rise of the National Rally From the margin of French policy to her heart.

Mrs. Le Pen sought to Nomination of the partyFounded in 1972 by her father, Jean -Marie Le PenDirect it away from its anti -Semitic and racist roots. However, her platform has remained very difficult, calling for severe hardship for crime and severe measures against immigration.

The court ruled that Mrs. Le Pen played a “central role” in the money scheme of the European Parliament and fill her treasures at a time when they were empty. Mrs. Le Pen was a European deputy from 2004 to 2017.

The court stated that the party used legislators who were salaries with European Parliament’s money to perform the tasks of the party, which had nothing to do with the European Union’s actions.

The argument of Mrs. Le Pen refused that the case was a witch -wicked chase.

“No one is being tried for his participation in politics,” said Judge De Bathoyes.