French far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for political office for five years after being found guilty of embezzling European Union funds, in a politically explosive ruling that has shattered her hopes of winning the presidency in 2027. ...Those judge comments make it obvious that the decision was political. The purpose was to keep her from winning the next election. The EU could have withdrawn the money, if it did not like how she was spending it.The court’s presiding judge, Bénédicte de Perthuis, said Le Pen’s actions amounted to a “serious and lasting attack on the rules of democratic life in Europe, but especially in France.” She said Le Pen’s immediate ban on standing for office was tied to “democratic public unrest” that would result from the election of a person convicted of embezzlement.
Le Pen slammed the ruling as a purely “political decision” during an appearance on French TV station TF1 on Monday evening.
US President Donald Trump said on Monday that Le Pen’s conviction was a “very big deal.”Also like Romania and Brazil, where lawfare blocked right-wing candidates.“She was banned from running for five years and she’s the leading candidate — that sounds like this country,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
Nothing in the article justifies calling her "far-right". She is more center-right, and does not advocate anything radical.
3 comments:
If you can't do the time then don't do the crime
@Mike Adamson.... but didn't Le Gruande and Von leyden and others get convicted of fraud and still in office?
@Mike Adamson,
When you talk in slogans you say nothing with great conviction.
Considering how well lawfare worked out for the democrats, it will be interesting to see how it plays out in France. Charges of corruption are as common as mistresses in french politics.
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