Will this galvanize the far-right? Sure.
Will moderates disengage politically because the 'big bad' is gone? Maybe.
Will the French far-right win elections off this? I hope not.
But damn dude, isn't it a GOOD THING when a BAD PERSON goes to JAIL for CRIMES?
Will moderates disengage politically because the 'big bad' is gone? Maybe.
Will the French far-right win elections off this? I hope not.
But damn dude, isn't it a GOOD THING when a BAD PERSON goes to JAIL for CRIMES?
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Jacobin
Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for office for five years.
The sentence applies the law as written, but it turns her embezzlement conviction into a propaganda coup for her party.
The sentence applies the law as written, but it turns her embezzlement conviction into a propaganda coup for her party.
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