NEW: Marine le Pen found guilty of embezzlement.
Could face 5 year prohibition on running for office- ruling her out of the 2027 presidential contest.
Could face 5 year prohibition on running for office- ruling her out of the 2027 presidential contest.
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She is barred from public office for five years starting immediately. 👍🏻
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38063933
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decodeurs/article/2024/02/02/one-in-four-meps-are-implicated-in-judicial-cases-or-scandals_6486917_8.html#
I'm assuming...
Vive la France
The reason why people are focused on the prohibition from running in an election is that, unlike for the imprisonment, French law allows the judge to enforce that sentence even if Le Pen goes on appeal.
The Gavel is mightier than Le Pen.
https://afj.org/why-courts-matter/trump-scotus-watch/
Wake up. This is a fantasy you will not have a 'safe word' to stop.
America had 4 years to see justice done.
But instead of ruling a long jail term for him, democracy in the world is being turned upside down because Musk/Putin and Project 2025 bought the White House for the same orange felon.
Prime breeding ground for someone like a Trump to come in and fully take advantage of it
The constant push to make US politics and US religion the same thing is a concern.
In the UK the law only seems to apply to the public.
Farageriots had no consequences.
https://www.ibanet.org/The-US-Supreme-Courts-controversial-agenda
She is also one of the worst people on the planet, so I'm glad
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jun/04/eu-gives-nigel-farage-24-hours-to-explain-arron-banks-funds
It's not cool anymore.
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-68055368
For practical purposes it is all about electoral significance. That is waning and will wane further in reaction to what is going on now as people grow up a bit.
https://bsky.app/profile/stilldelvingh.bsky.social/post/3llo5hxbp2c23
https://bsky.app/profile/stilldelvingh.bsky.social/post/3llnzatydc22z
And the rest of us sighing with relief.
Fascists sticking together and all that...