Lee Hockstader: Marine Le Pen still has the power to make France ungovernable

Until she was convicted on embezz­lement charges this week, France’s Marine Le Pen was not just the country’s best-known hard-right leader, she was the front-runner in its 2027 presidential elections. Now, even though a court banned her from running for office for five years, she retains a singular power – namely, to render the country ungovernable..