Le Pen slams embezzlement conviction as 'witch hunt' in Paris rally

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Le Pen slams embezzlement conviction as 'witch hunt' in Paris rally  "I won't give up," Marine Le Pen told supporters gathered at Place Vauban on Sunday, as she vowed to fight her recent suspended prison sentence and five-year ban from running for political office.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/07/ineligibility-marine-le-pen-castigates-a-political-decision-that-flouts-the-rule-of-law  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, French

00:06far-right politician Marine Le Pen addressed a crowd of her supporters on Sunday in Paris.

00:12The National Rally Party leader said she had fought injustice for 30 years and was prepared

00:18to continue the fight.

00:21They are for us, they are for me of course.

00:24An additional reason to not give up anything.

00:27And may everyone be reassured, I will not give up anything.

00:33Humiliation, just like revenge, or the concept of a court of law, all this is the opposite

00:40of the idea that I make of justice.

00:43All this makes me horrified.

00:45Thousands of supporters gathered at Place Vauban near the tomb of Napoleon in Paris

00:50for what was billed as a protest, but observers said it had all the markings of a campaign

00:56rally.

00:57Last Monday, a court convicted Le Pen of embezzling EU funds.

01:02She was handed a partially suspended prison sentence and banned from running in elections

01:07for five years.

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