French right-wing leader Marine Le Pen is awaiting a sentence after a national court convicted her and other members of her National Rally party of embezzlement on Monday.

The sentence made the far-right leader ineligible for five years, excluding her from the 2027 election unless she can secure a more favorable outcome on appeal.

The National Rally leader says she is "innocent" after she is convicted of embezzlement and banned from running for public office for five years. She receives a four-year jail sentence, with two years suspended,