Marine Le Pen verdict fuels debate that Europe’s ‘rule of law’ is throttling the ‘will of the people’
The cases of France’s Marine Le Pen and Romania’s Calin Georgescu have stoked fury among Europe’s right-wing nationalists and ...
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The Martyrdom of Marine Le Pen
A French court’s banning of the populist candidate from presidential elections for five years may have the opposite effect of ...
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake
A French court found her and eight other former European lawmakers guilty of embezzling public funds. The verdict is a hammer ...
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Trump Weighs In, Making Marine Le Pen’s Case Part of the Politics of Grievance
By Roger Cohen Reporting from Paris “FREE MARINE LE ... and several children. He was convicted in 2020 but his case is still going through the appeals process. While Ms. Le Pen’s conviction ...
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Marine Le Pen verdict fuels debate that Europe’s ‘rule of law’ is throttling the ‘will of the people’
This week, a French court found far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzling millions ... embezzling public funds to pay his wife and children for work they had not done.
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France's Marine Le Pen barred from running for public office for 5 years after embezzlement conviction: Media
The leader of France's far-right National Rally Marine ... reported. Le Pen and 24 other members of her political party, Rassemblement National, were accused of diverting over 3 million euros ...
Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door
PARIS – For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far ...
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After her conviction, Marine Le Pen plays the money card
RN MP Sébastien Chenu, with Marine Le Pen, at the Assemblée Nationale ... To this must be added €3 million in annual donations, as well as contributions from the RN's European, regional ...
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Marine Le Pen to hear verdict in Paris courtroom
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about the far-right candidate brewing trouble in Poland’s presidential race, Meloni ...