Far-right leader Le Pen might struggle to mobilize support by portraying her conviction as the result of an establishment-led witch hunt, experts said.

In a speech, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, cast a judicial decision prohibiting her from running for office as a threat to democracy.

Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday.