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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

Anne Lec'hvien

President of the parliamentary group of the French far-right Rassemblement National (RN) party, Marine Le Pen (R), walks followed by co-defendant French member of European Parliament Catherine Griset (L) as they exit the Tribunal de Paris courthouse following their conviction for embezzlement of European public funds, in Paris, on March 31, 2025. (ALAIN JOCARD / AFP)
March 31, 2025, 3:08 pm
Convicted of embezzlement, French far-right leader Le Pen barred from 2027 presidential run
Court issues immediate five-year ban on her seeking public office, though she can appeal; she’s also handed 4-year prison term, to be served with electronic tag
By Marie DHUMIERES, Anne Lec'hvien and Stuart Williams
Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy (L) at a court hearing in Paris on June 15, 2021. (Christophe Archambault/AFP)
May 17, 2023, 7:19 pm
French court upholds Sarkozy’s graft sentence in wiretapping case
Former president plans on appealing the ruling that found him guilty of founding a ‘corruption pact’ with his lawyer and a judge
By Anne Lec'hvien and Anne-Sophie LASSERRE
File: A member of the Alawite community pasting on a wall in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli pictures of Syrian opposition leader Rifaat Assad (R) and his son Ribal, December 6, 2007. (Ramzi Haidar/AFP)
September 7, 2022, 11:11 pm
French court upholds Assad uncle’s conviction under ‘ill-gotten gains’ law
Rifaat Assad found guilty of conspiracy to launder public money, tax fraud; law may enable return of money to Syrian public
By Anne Lec'hvien
File - French founder of the far-right National Front party Jean-Marie Le Pen poses during a photo session at his home in Saint-Cloud, France, January 14, 2021. (Joel Saget/AFP)
September 2, 2021, 8:21 pm
French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen on trial over Holocaust pun
Founder and former leader of France’s main far-right party faces allegations of inciting racial hatred over 2014 remark he made about French Jewish actor and singer
By Anne Lec'hvien
Leader of France's Rassemblement National (RN) far-right political party Marine Le Pen gestures as she delivers a speech at a meeting in Fréjus, southern France on September 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / YANN COATSALIOU)
September 20, 2018, 8:17 pm
France’s Le Pen ordered to undergo psychiatric tests over IS tweets
Facing fine or prison time, National Rally leader vows to defy order, garners support from right and left-wing
By Anne Renaut and Anne Lec'hvien
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