It’s the moment judges could crush Marine Le Pen’s dream of winning the presidency, one she has never been closer to realizing, according to opinion polls. Le Pen is on trial for having participated in a scheme to embezzle funds from the European Parliament, and if found guilty could be barred from running for any public office for the next five years. The next presidential election is set for 2027.

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[–] Bogus5553@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago

Finally some good news

[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 months ago

Are they going to enforce it, or be like the Americans and write up a whole bunch of laws and rules and then just sit back when the president breaks them all one by one.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 8 points 3 months ago

Even if she's sentenced, her ineligibility might vanish thanks to Macron's buddy Richard Ferrand. He got magically nominated and elected at the head of our constitutional court. That goes without saying that he got the job only because the RN refused to vote against him. One may wonder why, but I think we know the answer.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

I'm surprised it isn't a life time ban.