BUDAPEST: Prominent European far-right and nationalist figures as well as Elon Musk on Monday (Mar 31) rallied around Marine Le Pen after a French court sentenced her to a five-year ban on running for office. Le Pen was convicted over a scheme to take advantage of European Parliament expenses to employ assistants who were actually working for her far-right party in France. Le Pen as well as the other officials from her party were banned from running for office, with the judge specifying that