Bangladesh, April 1 -- The French political landscape was shaken on March 31 as Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally (RN) party, received a four-year prison sentence-two years of which were suspended-on charges of embezzlement. Additionally, she was barred from running for public office for five years, a ruling that effectively sidelines her from the 2027 presidential election. Le Pen, a dominant force in French politics and a fierce critic of the European Union and NATO, has denounced the courts decision as a politically motivated attack designed to eliminate her from the electoral race.

Le Pen has been embroiled in an ongoing legal battle regarding accusations that she misused over €4 million in EU parliamentary funds betw...