Front-runner Marine Le Pen may be banned from running in 2027 after being found guilty of embezzlement.

He emerged as the most likely candidate of France’s largest far-right party for the 2027 ballot after Le Pen was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to an immediate five-year ban from running for public office. Le Pen and 23 other defendants were accused of misusing more than €4 million of European Parliament funds to pay people who were nominally MEP assistants but in fact worked mostly on party affairs.