The Regime Media versus Le Pen and the French ⋆ Brownstone Institute

Author of the book "The scandals of the Republic: From Panama to Clearstream", historian Jean Garrigues analyses the sequence that followed the condemnation of Marine Le Pen.

Convicted of diversion of funds, the leader of the French ultra-right is victimized, and the debate leaves the crime aside.

The Regime Media versus Le Pen and the French ⋆ Brownstone Institute

The Regime Media versus Le Pen and the French by Brownstone Institute at Brownstone Institute Marine Le Pen is the most popular leader in France, yet the taxpayer-funded press corps ignores that salient detail while it smears her supporters as radicals amidst the lawfare campaign aimed at barring her from power.  Last week, Parisian judge Bénédicte de Perthuis sentenced Le Pen to 4 years and banned her from participating in the 2027 Presidential…

What was Marine Le Pen found "guilty" of?

To bar Marine Le Pen from running for the French presidency, a court of first instance convicted her of "misappropriation of public funds," not the other way around. It wasn't the offense she was charged with that led to her being stripped of her right to be ineligible, but it was invented to justify this sentence. Strangely, no one in the political class saw fit to point out that the Presidency of the European Parliament has changed its concept…

INFO THE PARISIAN. - The double presidential finalist must leave her local term, because of the sentence of immediate ineligibility imposed on her. A Member of Parliament Liot wrote to the Minister of the Interior to surprise that this measure had not entered into force.

MAINTENANCE - Following the conviction of Marine Le Pen for embezzlement of public funds, the Deputy Director General of OpinionWay believes that the expectation of probity and transparency of elected officials remains "very strong" in the country.