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The figure figure of the far right Marine Le Pen was prohibited to present itself to political functions for five years after being found guilty of embezzlement of European Union funds, in a politically explosive decision which broke its hopes of winning the presidential election of France in 2027.
The president of the Paris Court, Bénédicte de Perthuis, said that Le Pen’s actions were equivalent to a “serious and lasting attack against the rules of democratic life in Europe, but especially in France”. Le Pen left the courtroom before reading his sentence.
Currently a member of the French Parliament, Le Pen has been found guilty alongside eight deputies from his party deputies and 12 assistants. They were accused of having used money from the European Parliament to pay the staff who actually worked for his political party, the National Rally (RN), in France.
The Paris prosecutor had asked for a five -year prison sentence, two of which were suspended; A fine and ineligibility at € 300,000 ($ 325,000) to stand in elections for five years. Prosecutors had asked for the ban on standing even if it appeals.
After his trial in November, the current French Minister of Justice Gerald Darmanin posted on X that he would be “deeply shocking” if Le Pen was to be prohibited in the elections.
The previous polls have shown that the Pen was on the right track to replace Emmanuel Macron, who will not be able to request a third consecutive term in office.
Under its direction, the RN has tried to distance itself from its racist and anti -Semitic roots, hoping to give the party a more acceptable – and potentially eligible face -.
The tribunal’s shock decision has already sparked Le Pen’s right -wing European allies to join his defense. A few minutes after the decision, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sent a solidarity message to the PEN. “I’m a navy!” He wrote on X.
Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s protégé who succeeded him as president of RN, said: “Today, it is not only Marine Le Pen who is unjustly condemned: it is French democracy that is executed.”
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