OPINION: Le Pen has not 'defeated the system', but she may yet win French presidency
ONP Summary
A Paris appeals court rules Tuesday on Marine Le Pen's embezzlement conviction for misappropriating over €4 million in European Union funds. If the court upholds the guilty verdict, she will face a five-year ban from public office and cannot run for the French presidency in 2027.
Progressive: Democratic Reckoning — emphasizes this as a critical moment for whether democracy prevents far-right presidential dominance
Moderate: Electoral Procedure — focuses on the judicial ruling's role in determining electoral eligibility
Marine Le Pen may have been convicted for a second time for organising a conspiracy to steal millions of euros from the EU, but the scandal has likely boosted the far right's chances of victory in next year's French presidential election, writes John Lichfield. ...
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