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@noelreports No better endorsement of the French legal system than that! If Russia says it's bad for democracy that must mean that it's a massive victory for democracy. Well done #france !
This is how you do it
Via Jim Sciutto:
Breaking: A Paris court has convicted far-right figurehead and 2027 presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and banned her from running for office. The court is yet to say whether the ban will come into immediate effect, which would block her from winning the presidency in two years. #France
Wait ... so in other countries, politicians who commit crimes are sentenced — they don't get to be elected president?
How weird! That's why America is the greatest country in the world! /s
#France's legal system showing what to do with #politicians guilty of #crime and #corruption- without fair or favour. #America should have been doing this in the last few years
#LePen
La justicia francesa inhabilita a Marine Le Pen para presentarse a las elecciones durante cinco años.
#Apple receives #antitrust fine in #France for “ask app not to track” framework: After preliminary findings in Germany, #France went a step further in finding that #Apple broke the law. https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/apple-receives-antitrust-fine-in-france-for-ask-app-not-to-track-framework/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
Nah.
Regarding the speed of justice and that the elections in France are in 2 years , appeals are not going to change anything for ´Présidentielles 2027´ .
Oh and the facts of corruption were confirmed.
Champagne….
Reuters:
France's Le Pen barred from running for office for five years after graft conviction
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and banned immediately for five years from running for public office, in a watershed moment that will rule her out of the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals...
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/frances-le-pen-faces-crunch-day-graft-trial-that-could-kill-her-presidential-2025-03-31/
And also for #EiffelTower day, I took this video from the summit way back in 2008 (would be nice to shoot it with better, modern camera now). Warning, I do finish the short video with a vertigo inducing look straight downwards! https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/2455422784/in/album-72157604043975660
#Kremlin regrets a "violation of democratic norms" following the sentencing of #MarineLePen for #embezzlement in the #EU Parliament aides trial.
The leader of the #French #FarRight National Rally party has been sentenced to 4 years in prison (2 suspended) and barred from public office for 5 years effective immediately.
For context
https://www.politico.eu/article/france-marine-le-pen-national-rally-pays-back-russia-loan/
A French court handed far-right leader Marine Le Pen a five-year ban on running for office on embezzlement charges Monday, dashing her ambitions of standing in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals. She also received a four-year prison sentence
Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Rally, has been found guilty of embezzling public funds and has been banned from running for office for five years "with immediate effect."
Le Pen was also sentenced to four years in prison, with two years suspended, while the remaining two will be served under electronic monitoring, and fined 100,000 euros.
Marine Le Pen is found guilty of embezzlement and barred from office.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was banned from running for public office with immediate effect after a court found her guilty of misappropriating EU funds through her National Rally party.
The ban will last for five years, as demanded by prosecutors. She has also been handed a four-year prison sentence to be served with an electronic tag.
"A French court handed far-right leader Marine Le Pen a five-year ban on running for office on embezzlement charges Monday, dashing her ambitions of standing in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals."
France 24 reports: https://flip.it/4Qfj5U
Who would want a convicted far-right politician leading a country.
See, America, it's not that difficult.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/mar/31/france-marine-le-pen-embezzlement-verdict-europe-news-live
#France #democracy
