Open this photo in gallery: The punishment handed down Monday effectively bars Marine Le Pen from running in France’s 2027 presidential election.Michel Euler/The Associated Press It was the guilty verdict that echoed around Europe. When a French court convicted far-right leader Marine Le Pen of embezzling European Union funds – and took the unexpected step of barring her from running for office for the next five years – it not only upended French politics, it provoked an angry backlash from Ms. Le Pen’s allies around Europe, and among fellow travellers in Washington. The punishment handed down Monday effectively bars Ms....
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