Mar 31 from https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/ Center left

How Le Pen wrote the rules of her own downfall

For all her supporters’ empty rage about lawfare and an attack on democracy, her presidential ambitions lie in tatters in a way Donald Trump’s never did. She is a victim of the strict rules she demanded and voted for – a ban on convicted corrupt politicians from running for office. Marine Le Pen has no one but herself to blame. Not only has she been ruled to be at the centre of a political...

Mar 31 from https://www.theneweuropean.co.uk/ Center left

Stop worrying about a Le Pen backlash

On Monday morning in Paris, Rassemblement National leader Marine Le Pen was found guilty of misappropriating European funds to finance her party. She will have to pay a €100,000 fine (£83,630) and was handed a four-year prison sentence. She won’t go to jail, though. Two years are suspended, and the other two can be spent wearing an electronic tag. Despair will still be on offer later if we...

Mar 31 from https://www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ Left

Marine Le Pen banned from 2027 French presidential election

Marine Le Pen‘s presidency dreams are in tatters after she has been banned from running in the next French presidential election. The leader of the far-right National Rally (RN) has been banned from running for office for five years, meaning she will not be able to contest the French presidential election in 2027. This comes after she was found guilty of embezzling European funds to finance...

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