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Banning Marine Le Pen From Future French Elections Could Backfire
France’s far right National Rally is expected to cry foul after its charismatic leader, Marine Le Pen, is banned from ...
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 ...
MoneyWeek1d
Why French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been banned from running for office
Marine Le Pen, presidential candidate and leader of France's right-wing National Rally party, has been barred from standing ...
The Economist2d
Marine Le Pen’s ban polarises France
F or the better part of a decade Marine Le Pen has worked methodically to transform an extremist, xenophobic fringe movement ...
The EU Parliament has transparency problems. Marine Le Pen’s case is a window into what’s wrong
The conviction of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for embezzling funds from the EU Parliament has sent shockwaves around the continent and beyond.
The Associated Press2d
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for 5 years, a political earthquake
A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a ...
South African budget vote passes but key coalition partner dissents
South Africa's parliament passed the budget's fiscal framework on Wednesday after weeks of political wrangling, but the ...
The New Yorker3d
What Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Means for French Democracy
After the far-right leader was found guilty of embezzlement and barred from running for office, her supporters cried foul.
The Economist4dOpinion
Why Marine Le Pen should be allowed to run for president
Marine Le Pen diverted European Union funds to pay her party’s political staff, falsely claiming that they were working as ...
The Nation4d
In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War
The sentence looks primed to set off a firestorm on the far right, both in France and across Europe. A visibly stunned Marine ...
France Moves Closer to Adding a Missing Word to Its Rape Law: Consent
After dozens of men were convicted of raping a drugged Gisèle Pelicot, lawmakers moved to require that consent be given for ...