EU political repressions

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A French court has convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years

Le Pen's lawyer said she would appeal the verdict, but she will remain ineligible while she does and so could be ruled out of the 2027 presidential race. She was also sentenced to four years' imprisonment, with two to be served under house arrest and two suspended.

The court ruling was a political as well as a judicial temblor for France, hobbling one of the leading contenders to succeed President Emmanuel Macron at the end of his second and final term. So broad were the political implications that even some of Le Pen's opponents said the Paris court had gone too far.

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It is “concerning” when people are barred from politics, U.S. State Department says.

A court’s decision to ban French far-right leader Marine Le Pen from seeking public office is “a very big deal,” U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday.

“I know all about it and a lot of people thought she wasn’t going to be convicted for anything,”

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And when Christine LaGarde is found guilty of criminal negligence, it did not affect her role as the head of the IMF.

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Imprisoning political opponents, or trying to, seems to to be in vogue with the left nowadays. The US, the Netherlands, Romania, Turkey. The list is growing.