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The leader of France’s National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, told supporters she would not give up despite being found guilty of embezzling European Union (EU) funds and banned from running for office, but large-scale protests against the move did not materialize Sunday.
The RN called on its supporters to mobilize in Place Vauban in Paris, near the historic Les Invalides, to “defend freedom, save democracy, and support Marine!”
Protesters waved tricolor flags, with a CNN team on the ground seeing what appeared to be a few thousand in attendance to protest Le Pen’s barring from the 2027 election.
Speaking to the crowd on…
