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Man, 76, convicted after threatening judge who barred France's Le Pen
A 76-year-old Frenchman was found guilty on Wednesday of threatening a judge who barred French far-right leader Marine Le Pen ...
Fact-check: Is Le Pen's ban from public office an anomaly in France and Europe?
The National Rally party leader has described the court ruling that banned her from running for office as a political witch ...
Marine Le Pen verdict fuels debate that Europe’s ‘rule of law’ is throttling the ‘will of the people’
The cases of France’s Marine Le Pen and Romania’s Calin Georgescu have stoked fury among Europe’s right-wing nationalists and ...
Defiant, Le Pen Tells Supporters ‘I Won’t Give Up’ Despite 5-Year Ban
In a speech, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, cast a judicial decision prohibiting her from running for office as ...
Le Pen vows to fight conviction in front of supporters but large-scale protests fail to materialize
The leader of France’s National Rally (RN) party, Marine Le Pen, told supporters she would not give up despite being found ...
Brussels, my love? The rise and fall of Marine le Pen
In this edition, we hear how the EU has started speed dating anyone who is open for business and about the rise and fall of ...
What Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Means for France
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, is barred from running in France’s 2027 presidential election after an embezzlement conviction involving her political party. Roger Cohen, the Paris bureau ...
Reporter's Notebook: Aftershock from a political 'earthquake' as Le Pen barred from presidential run in 2027
Le Pen called her ban from running a "nuclear bomb" by the system, after a court convicted her of embezzlement and blocked ...
Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King Jr. as supporters rally in Paris
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and ...
Trump And Musk Back France’s Le Pen After Far-Right Leader’s Embezzlement Conviction
Marine Le Pen, France’s far-right leader, was sentenced to prison and barred from running for office for five years after a ...
Le Pen supporters rally in Paris, turning a protest into a populist show of force
Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for ...
The Embezzlement Scheme That Led to Le Pen’s Elections Ban
Marine Le Pen was at the heart of a system to create phony contracts directing millions in EU funding to her inner circle and ...