Would banning Marine Le Pen from running for president be a gift for France's far right?
France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen faces the prospect of being banned from running in the 2027 presidential election if found guilty of embezzling EU funds. But a guilty verdict, if it comes,
As France’s Marine Le Pen stumbles, her far-right protégé seizes the limelight
Jordan Bardella’s glitzy book tour encourages speculation about a palace coup at the top of the National Rally party.
Allies of Marine Le Pen decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes
Prosecutors want her to face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing EU money. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Marine Le Pen facing ban from 2027 election run in embezzlement trial
French prosecutors in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen, France’s hard-Right leader, have demanded she get a jail sentence and a ban from public office if convicted, potentially barring her from running for president in 2027.
Marine Le Pen's fake jobs trial
The far-right French leader could face a fine, jail time, and a five-year ban from public office if found guilty of embezzlement
Far-right fake jobs trial: French prosecutors request Marine Le Pen be banned from running for public office
In a trial for charges of embezzling EU Parliament funds in a fake jobs scheme, the prosecution requested that far-right leader Marine Le Pen be banned from being elected to public office, which would bar her from running for the presidency in 2027.
Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes
Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch-hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.
Marine Le Pen’s next bid for French presidency threatened as prosecutors seek political ban
French prosecutors have asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027.
Le Pen's no. 2, gradually taking liberties, relishes in his authority
As chairman of Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party, Jordan Bardella is cautiously asserting his independence from ...
Lawfare against Le Pen will only turn her into the French Trump
It’s tempting to take a leaf from a successful President Trump and dismiss the Marine Le Pen trial as a textbook example of ...
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Why the French far right isn’t ecstatic at Trump’s return
Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella’s sober reactions to Trump’s win stood in stark contrast to the elation of other far-right ...
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Justice demands mega-punishment: Le Pen threatened with political exit
The trial over the embezzlement of EU funds could put an early end to French right-wing populist Marine Le Pen's presidential ...
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Prosecution accuses Le Pen of devising system to embezzle EU parliament money for far-right RN
The Paris prosecutor on Wednesday requested a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from public office against ...
Hundreds protest arrival of far-right French politician Jordan Bardella to Brussels
Police deployed water cannons at demonstrators after hundreds gathered in Brussels on Wednesday to protest the arrival of ...