Why has Marine Le Pen been barred from standing in French election – and can she appeal?
Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday and handed a five-year ban from public office. The verdict bars the ...
Explainer-The French Embezzlement Trial Threatening Far-Right Le Pen's Presidential Hopes
Le Pen might get a last-minute reprieve from France's Constitutional Council. In a separate decision due on Friday, it will ...
France's Le Pen faces crunch day in graft trial that could destroy her presidential hopes
By Elizabeth Pineau, Juliette Jabkhiro and Gabriel Stargardter PARIS (Reuters) -French far-right leader Marine Le Pen arrived ...
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Top French court rules political bans are legal, delivering blow to Le Pen
France’s highest constitutional authority on Friday ruled that politicians can be barred from office if they are convicted of ...
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France Gets Budget Warning as DBRS Turns Negative on Rating
The change in outlook reflects “higher execution risks regarding France’s capacity to reduce its large fiscal deficit and high public debt ratio in the coming years, not least related to ...
French Constitutional Council ruling deals blow to Le Pen
France's Constitutional Council ruled on Friday that local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of ...
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Out of the running? Marine Le Pen's conviction upends French politics
Can justice be truly blind? Truly impartial and impervious to biases, pressures and power plays? Can citizens in this day and ...
After Le Pen Ruling, Accusations of 'Lawfare' Land in France
Mathieu Carpentier, a constitutional law expert at Toulouse Capitole University, rejected the idea that Le Pen was a victim ...