‘I am Marine’: Europe’s far right slams Le Pen’s conviction, election ban
- On March 31, 2025, a French court convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement, barring her from office for five years.
- Le Pen's conviction for misusing EU funds intended for her National Rally party disrupted French politics.
- The court sentenced Le Pen to four years in prison with two years suspended and two served with an electronic bracelet.
- Allies, including Tom Van Grieken, Matteo Salvini, Viktor Orban, and Donald Trump, rallied around Le Pen, with Orban posting "Je suis Marine."
- The ruling sparked international condemnation, with many fearing millions of French voices are being silenced, but she vows to appeal.
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International report - The Nazi roots of today's global far-right movements
The conviction of far-right figure Marine Le Pen has thrown her National Rally (RN) party into turmoil. She was sentenced to four years in prison and banned from public office for five years, a ruling that could stop her from running in the 2027 presidential election. Once deeply controversial, the RN has gained popularity in recent years as it seeks to distance itself from its troubled past.
They won't let them steal quietly.
Neither steal, nor at this step give coups d'état, harm the weak to death, nor mix the institutions with murky personal matters, nothing: the condemnation of Marine Le Pen could indicate that they will not let them commit crime as they have done so many times. It could be. We will see. And they cry out at war The international ultra-right is outraged by the condemnation of their French colleague Marine Le Pen for embezzlement of public funds. Th…
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