France's far-right National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a "political decision" at a rally in Paris on Sunday. "I won't give up," she told thousands of flag-waving supporters in Place Vauban, close to the Eiffel Tower.

The far-right French politician was a leading candidate to become the country’s next president, but has now been barred from running for public office for five years.

Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right leader, was sentenced to prison and barred from running for office for five years after a court convicted her of embezzlement.