The Big Question: will the far right benefit from Le Pen’s conviction?
Her supporters argue that the French politician’s guilty verdict is an attack on democracy — a strategy that can be ...
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Le Pen's 'Plan B' stood for Bardella – until it became likely
some believe that Le Pen's shadow, until the last moment, could have a protective effect on Bardella, allowing him to build up experience in a calmer context. This strategy would be valid if the ...
Verfassungsblog11h
Enforcing the Law of Democracy
By anticipating critiques that the judgment undermines democracy, the court instead reaffirms a conception of constitutional democracy—one in which the rule of law, judicial independence, and equality ...
In Toulon, Le Pen's legal fightback leaves many French voters cold
Yvon Castel says he has voted for the far-right National Rally for years, but is less than impressed by the tactics its ...
Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force
Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken ...
Le Pen supporters rally in Paris after embezzling conviction: "Trump can run — why not Marine?"
A week after Marine Le Pen was found guilty of using European Parliament funds to pay party staff in France, thousands gathered to protest against her ban from running for office.
The Economist4d
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 ...
Here's a look at the election ban on France's far-right Le Pen and the legal issues
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office ...
Newsday7d
What to know about the ruling barring Marine Le Pen from seeking public office for five years
Le Pen also transformed her own image from that of an aggressive, anti-system proponent to a mild-mannered spokeswoman for France’s forgotten. The normalization strategy has paid off and the ...
Forbes3d
Trump And Musk Back France’s Le Pen After Far-Right Leader’s Embezzlement Conviction
President Donald Trump blamed French far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction on a “witch hunt” by “European leftists” in a post on Truth Social, which his ally Elon Musk ...
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After Le Pen’s conviction, Bardella finds himself in the hot seat
But the young man is a quick learner, and he possesses a crucial attribute for the "normalisation" strategy pursued by Marine Le Pen since her break with her ... "Bardella has the determination to ...