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.

A week after Marine Le Pen was found guilty of using European Parliament funds to pay party staff in France, thousands gathered to protest against her ban from running for office.

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.