Embezzlement and polarizing legal decisions aren’t new, of course. But the crisis of Western democracy, most fundamentally, ...

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On March 31, 2025, a Parisian correctional court sentenced Marine Le Pen, the leader of the National Rally party, to four years in prison (including two years ...

Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken ...

Far-right French politician Marine Le Pen, who was convicted last week of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday ...

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The sentence looks primed to set off a firestorm on the far right, both in France and across Europe. A visibly stunned Marine ...

In response to the ruling ... there were legitimate questions over whether there was political interference, he said. Rahman ...

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