Marine Le Pen stormed out of court after she was banned from running in France’s 2027 presidential election, after being found guilty of embezzling funds from the European Parliament. The leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) was among party officials accused of diverting close to €3m (£2.5m) of European parliament funds to pay France-based staff. A judge on Monday granted prosecutors’ request that Le Pen face an immediate five-year ban from public office, regardless of any appeal process,