00:00Marine Le Pen, the face of France's far-right national rally, just hit a political brick wall.
00:05On March 31st, she was convicted of embezzling EU funds and banned from holding public office
00:10for five years. That rules her out of the 2027 presidential race. For now.
00:18Le Pen has spent years rebranding. After losing to Macron twice,
00:22she softened her image and led her party to become the biggest in France's national assembly.
00:28Now, her protege, 29-year-old Jordan Bardella, is stepping into the spotlight.
00:34He's widely seen as her successor.
00:38Le Pen is appealing the ruling, and appeals in France can drag on. But unless it overturns
00:44her conviction, the French far-right may have just lost its most experienced contender.
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