As France’s Marine Le Pen stumbles, her far-right protégé seizes the limelight
Jordan Bardella’s glitzy book tour encourages speculation about a palace coup at the top of the National Rally party.
Marine Le Pen's fake jobs trial
The far-right French leader could face a fine, jail time, and a five-year ban from public office if found guilty of embezzlement
French prosecutors demand Marine Le Pen be barred from office in fake jobs trial
French prosecutors in the embezzlement trial of France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen on Wednesday demanded she get a jail sentence and a ban from public office if convicted, potentially barring her from running for president in 2027.
Far-right fake jobs trial: French prosecutors request Marine Le Pen be banned from running for public office
In a trial for charges of embezzling EU Parliament funds in a fake jobs scheme, the prosecution requested that far-right leader Marine Le Pen be banned from being elected to public office, which would bar her from running for the presidency in 2027.
Will Marine Le Pen be barred from running for French president in 2027?
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is currently standing trial over the embezzlement of European Parliament funds, may see her presidential ambitions thwarted if the court bans her from running for public office.
Le Pen allies decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes
Allies of French far-right leader Marine Le Pen have accused the judiciary of a witch-hunt and undue meddling in democracy after prosecutors requested she face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing European Union funds.
Marine Le Pen’s next bid for French presidency threatened as prosecutors seek political ban
French prosecutors have asked for prison time and a five-year ban from politics for far-right leader Marine Le Pen, potentially derailing her bid to become president in 2027.
Marine Le Pen facing ban from 2027 election run in embezzlement trial
French prosecutors in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen, France’s hard-Right leader, have demanded she get a jail sentence and a ban from public office if convicted, potentially barring her from running for president in 2027.
Allies of Marine Le Pen decry witch-hunt as prosecutors threaten her French presidential hopes
Prosecutors want her to face an obligatory five-year ban from public office if convicted of misusing EU money. Read more at ...
Lawfare against Le Pen will only turn her into the French Trump
It’s tempting to take a leaf from a successful President Trump and dismiss the Marine Le Pen trial as a textbook example of ...
Prosecutor seeks jail and election ban for Le Pen
The Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for far-right ...
Le Pen's no. 2, gradually taking liberties, relishes in his authority
As chairman of Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National party, Jordan Bardella is cautiously asserting his independence from ...
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Why the French far right isn’t ecstatic at Trump’s return
Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella’s sober reactions to Trump’s win stood in stark contrast to the elation of other far-right ...
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Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella, un ticket qui cherche à résister à l’épreuve du temps
Marine Le Pen et Jordan Bardella lors d’une conférence de presse à l’Assemblée nationale, le 14 septembre. Jeremy Paoloni/ABACA RÉCIT - Les deux figures du Rassemblement national jouent de ...