Supporters Cheer as Marine Le Pen Walks on Stage at Paris Rally

A crowd gathered at Place Vauban in the French capital on Sunday, April 6, to support Marine Le Pen, after she was found guilty of embezzlement of public funds.Le Pen was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of ineligibility on March 31, preventing her from running for the 2027 presidential elections.Le Pen announced she would appeal the verdict, which she called a “political decision,” and not “a legal decision,” aiming to “eliminate [her] from political life.”According to the National Rally, 10,000 people attended the rally, while police counted about 1,500, Le Parisien reported.Footage shared by National Rally spokesman Matthieu Valet shows the crowd cheering and applauding as Le Pen walks on stage.“Marine Le Pen will be our next president, I am convinced of it!” Valet wrote to X. Credit: Matthieu Valet via Storyful

A crowd gathered at Place Vauban in the French capital on Sunday, April 6, to support Marine Le Pen, after she was found guilty of embezzlement of public funds. Le Pen was sentenced to two years in prison and five years of ineligibility on March 31, preventing her from running for the 2027 presidential elections. Le Pen announced she would appeal the verdict, which she called a “political decision,” and not “a legal decision,” aiming to “eliminate [her] from political life.

” According to the National Rally , 10,000 people attended the rally, while police counted about 1,500, Le Parisien reported . Footage shared by National Rally spokesman Matthieu Valet shows the crowd cheering and applauding as Le Pen walks on stage. “Marine Le Pen will be our next president, I am convinced of it!” Valet wrote to X .

Credit: Matthieu Valet via Storyful.