Member of far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) Marine Le Pen reacts outside the courtroom on the day of a hearing of a trial for embezzling funds from the European Parliament for the benefit of the far-right party RN, at a courthouse in Paris, France on November 13, 2024. The Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for far-right leader Marine Le Pen in an illegal party funding case. Nicolas Barret asked for the ban to become effective immediately after the verdict, even if the defence team appeals, ruling Le Pen out of standing again for president in 2027. Photo by Florian Poitout/ABACAPRESS.COM