France's far right plans to rally supporters on Sunday after their figurehead Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and banned from public office, a move likely to exclude her from the 2027 presidential election.

Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right leader, was sentenced to prison and barred from running for office for five years after a court convicted her of embezzlement.

The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.