On Monday, Le Pen received a four-year prison sentence for embezzling European parliament funds. Her lawyer said she will appeal.
Le Pen will not serve time in prison. Two years of her sentence was suspended and the other two are to be served outside jail with an electronic bracelet, the court ruled.
Jordan Bardella, leader of Le Pen’s National Rally (RN) party, said on X that French democracy was being “executed”.
Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders also voiced shock at “the incredibly tough verdict”.
Le Pen ‘will be French president’
“I support and believe in her for the full 100 percent and I trust she will win the appeal and become President of France,” Wilders posted in English on X.
Spain’s far-right Vox leader Santiago Abascal also offered his support, saying “They will never succeed to silence the voice of the French people”.
Abascal hosted Le Pen, Orban and other far right leaders in Madrid in February.
