Marine Le Pen, Paris
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The New York Times |
In a speech, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, cast a judicial decision prohibiting her from running for office as a threat to democracy.
BBC |
Marine Le Pen called a court ruling that bans her from running for office for five years a "political decision" at a rally in Paris on Sunday.
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By Gabriel Stargardter and Yann Tessier PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and draw inspiration from American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
President Donald Trump expressed support for former French presidential front-runner and National Rally leader Marine Le Pen after she was
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen delivers her speech during the French far-right party national rally near the parliament in Paris, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) French far-right leader Marine Le Pen,
A Paris court said on Tuesday three appeals have been filed so far in the case against the far-right National Rally party that saw leader Marine Le Pen banned from running for office for five years, but did not provide details on who had filed them.
The American president cast the French politician’s conviction as an example of far-right persecution, ignoring ample evidence against her.
PARIS — Two high-ranking officials from France’s biggest far-right party publicly opened the door on Monday to bringing down the government a week after Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement and subsequently barred from running for president.
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CNN on MSNMarine 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 many members of the Trump administration, who see voters’ demands being thwarted.