France's National Rally party hosts a meeting in Bordeaux, where supporters say they had gathered to “defend the French people.” Party leader Marine Le Pen suffered a blow in March when a French court convicted her and other officials in her party over an EU parliament fake jobs scam. The ruling also banned her from standing for office for five years, which would scupper her ambition of taking part in the 2027 vote unless overturned on appeal. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES