Far-right leader tells supporters she is victim of ‘witch hunt’, while radical left says RN’s mask has slipped
• What is Marine Le Pen guilty of in National Rally embezzlement case?
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has told supporters in Paris she would fight “a political, not a judicial ruling” that could bar her from the next presidential election, as a rival rally denounced an “existential threat” to the rule of law after her conviction for embezzling public funds.
“This decision has trampled on everything I hold most dear: my people, my country and my honour,” the figurehead of the far-right National Rally (RN) told a crowd of flag-waving supporters as the country’s three main political movements staged events in the Paris.
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