Le Pen's National Rally aims to gather support at Paris gathering after election ban

Record ID: 1988224

  • Title: Le Pen's National Rally aims to gather support at Paris gathering after election ban
  • Date: 4th April 2025
  • Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (MARCH 31, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF FRENCH FAR-RIGHT LEADER OF RASSEMBLEMENT NATIONAL (RN) PARTY, MARINE LE PEN, WALKING OUT OF COURT AND ENTERING CAR AFTER COURT SENTENCE HENIN-BEAUMONT, FRANCE (APRIL 1, 2025) (REUTERS) MAYOR OF HENIN-BEAUMONT AND MEMBER OF NATIONAL RALLY (RN), STEEVE BRIOIS, SHAKING HANDS AT MARKET, DISTRIBUTING FLYERS AND SAYING (French)
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  • Keywords: Bardella Election ban French elections Le Pen Marine Le Pen Protest
  • Location: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FRANCE
  • City: VARIOUS LOCATIONS, FRANCE
  • Country: France
  • Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
  • Reuters ID: LVA001353002042025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: France's National Rally far-right party has called for a peaceful mass protest in Paris on Sunday (April 6) following a court sentence barring her from running in the next presidential election.
    A Paris court convicted Marine Le Pen and two dozen National Rally (RN) party members of embezzling EU funds on Monday (March 31). It imposed an immediate five-year ban on Le Pen running for office that will prevent her from standing in 2027 unless she can get the ruling overturned next summer.
    Le Pen and members of the RN have said the court decision had been politically motivated.
    The day after the decision, flyers were already being distributed in the stronghold of Henin-Beaumont in northern France.
    Harris Interactive pollster Jean-Daniel Levy said the gathering due to take place on Sunday will serve as a way to gather support in the country where one-third of the voters lean toward the National Rally.
    Levy said close to half of the population thinks the gathering is justified and that the court sentence has not yet dented Marine Le Pen's popularity.
    In Toulon, a port city in southern France, many voters agreed with the court decision.
    Polls show a majority of French people don't see any problem with the court's decision. Some 65% of respondents said they were "not shocked" by the verdict, and 54% said Le Pen was treated like any other defendant, according to an Odoxa poll.
    (Production: Abdul Saboor, Johnny Cotton, Lucien Libert)
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