A French court has found far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of misusing EU funds to pay staff from her National Rally party between 2004 and 2016 and followed up the verdict on Monday with a sentence barring her from running for office immediately, possibly dashing her political ambitions of standing in the next presidential race.

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    Although she can appeal the verdict, such a move won’t suspend her ineligibility, which could rule her out of France’s 2027 presidential race.

    Yes.

    French fascist, go fuck yourself!

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    Frances Wehrhafte Demokratie (Defensive democracy)

    Germans: Can we have Wehrhafte Demokratie at home?

    CDU: We have Wehrhafte Demokratie at home.

    Wehrhafte Demokratie at home: “Entzauberung im Amt” (Demystifcation in Office) Spoiler: It doesn’t work