Survivor, persecuted by elites,… etc., etc… as expected, France’s highest court has cleared the way for Le Pen to run for president in 2027. The Paris Criminal Court ruling in 2025, which included a 5-years ban on standing for election, has been partly overturned.
I thought the 5-year ban was a dangerous, desperate idea. Political rights like who can vote or stand for election should be defended no matter who’s being targeted.
Le Pen and her colleagues were found guilty of misappropriation of European funds by paying the salaries of some of their party officials in France with money that should only be spent on salaries of European Parliament assistants. European Parliament assistants can be party officials, and the official seat of the European Parliament is in France (Strasbourg), so the crime they committed wasn’t far from the EU’s rules.
A fine and criminal record makes sense. But custodial sentences? And suspending political rights for 5 years??