A French court convicted far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen of assaulting a Socialist politician during last year’s general election campaign. The decision meant Le Pen could be ineligible to run in next year’s European Parliament elections. The 69-year-old leader of the anti-immigrant National Front is expected to appeal the verdict, which calls for a suspended three-month prison sentence and a fine of some $3,700.
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