Marine Le Pen says she ‘will not give in’ after barred from standing for president

Watch the moment Marine Le Pen told supporters she “will not give in” after being banned from running for president of France in 2027. (Sunday 6 April)

The right wing politician was found guilty last Monday of embezzling European Parliament funds through a huge fake jobs scam, a verdict she is appealing.

“We are horrified by impartiality and false justice” she said to thousands of supporters during a rally in Paris.

A rival leftist demonstration was assembling at Place de la République, denouncing what organizers called a "Trumpist turn” by Le Pen's National Rally party.