Marine Le Pen, French far right leader, said on Sunday to Paris fans that she would fight Five year ban on candidacy for duty What came from the conviction of the embezzlement, throwing themselves as a underdog who represents those who are “contemptuous” political elite.

Addressing a crowd of several thousand who sang her name, Mrs. Le Pen and her allies broke through what they called a suppressed free speech, biased judges and a “system” built to make their party out of power. This is happening, she said, because the earth falls apart into “ruin and chaos.”

“I will not give up,” said Mrs. Le Pen, claiming that she was the target of a politically motivated “Witch Hunting” to prevent themselves from competing in the 2027 presidential election, where she was a fed.

“They do it for one reason,” she said. “We win.”

Mrs. Le Pen’s condemnation criticized global right -wingers including President Trump. Her criticisms on the French judiciary echoed his complaints against US courts.

But she was less fiery in a tone than Mr. Trump often is, and the crowd has not grown a volatile anger that encouraged the riots on January 6th. At the Capitol of Washington. Her party, a national rally, spent more than a decade working to replace her radical image smooth, ready to manage.

Mrs. Le Pen even referred to the spirit of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King the younger as she called for a “peaceful and democratic resistance” against the judicial action directed toward her. She said she was not “above the law, but she’s not below him.”

“Despite the misconceptions of our opponents, there is no spirit of sedition among us,” she insisted, speaking from a pedestal decorated with the words “Let’s save democracy.”

Gathered in front of the dazzling golden dome of disabled people, under which Napoleon’s remains were trapped, many older supporters waved French flags that they believe that the sentence is heavy and dishonest. But few came to anger, and demonstrations felt more like an early rally of a campaign than a major protest.

“I support Marine, even though she did something stupid,” Jean-Louis Viardot, 74, a retired auto-opener, said. “It should be punished, but the verdict was too sharp.”

Mrs. Le Pen and 23 others related to the National Rally Party were convicted of charges of embezzlement last week.

Case She included the abuse of her party over 4.4 million euros, or about $ 4.8 million, in the European Parliament Funds between 2004 and 2016. She was sentenced to four years in prison – two of them are suspended, two will serve in the form of a home arrest – and is a monetary financial in the amount of 100,000 euros.

She is also forbidden to compete for a public function for five years. Mrs. Le Pen ran for the president in each of the last three races, becoming in the second round of 2017 and 2022 in the second round against President Emmanuel Macron.

Mrs. Le Pen complained about the verdict, and the Paris appellant said she was expecting to make a decision by the summer of 2026. If the ban is abolished, it would give her enough time to prepare for the presidential campaign.

It is not unheard of that French politicians convicted of corruption rule acceptable, but forbidding the presidential front runner is unprecedented. Some of Mrs. Le Pen’s supporters suggested that he stand out unjustly.

“Everyone else has done the same thing,” said Antoine Issa, 74, a retired employee of public works from Mrs. Le Pen in Northern France. The buses were authorized for supporters to travel to protest.

Mrs. Issa pointed out that members of the Prime Minister of the Centristic Party of France, Prime Minister, François Bayrou was found guilty of similar charges, although he was charged with embezzlement far less. Mr. Bayrou, who, unlike Mrs. Le Pen, was not found that he had played a key role in the embezzlement, was released.

“Why didn’t they do the same thing against Bayrou?” Said Mr. Issa. “Look where he is. He is a prime minister. It’s painful to see it.”

Jordan Bardella, 29 years, protégé Ms. Le Pen and the current party president, he was refined for years as a prime minister if he won the French Presidency. But the party appeared reluctant to present him as a replacement for Mrs. Le Pen in the 2027 race. On Sunday, he publicly repeated his loyalty to her as a leader.

“We have a holy duty to be there, to stand united behind the marina, to hold ourselves firmly in front of the storms,” ​​he told the crowd. “She can count on me.”

On Sunday, two additional competitive political gatherings were held, after the verdict against Mrs. Le Pen suddenly encouraged the 2027 presidential race.

The first, by Mr. Macron’s central Renaissance party, was scheduled before her beliefs, but party officers got over it as a way to counter the extremely right attacks on the judiciary with complete defense of the Law rule. The second is organized about a similar goal of hard left -wing French unboud parties and Green Party of Earth.