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- world@lemmy.world
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- world@lemmy.world
The future of the far-right leader Marine Le Pen – and France’s political landscape – will be decided on Monday when a court hands down its verdict on charges she and party officials embezzled money from the European parliament.
If convicted, the three-time presidential candidate of the National Rally (RN) could be barred from standing to succeed Emmanuel Macron in the 2027 presidential election.
Public prosecutors have demanded Le Pen be given a €300,000 (£250,000) fine, a prison sentence and that she be prevented from holding or seeking to hold a political position or five years.
From an Aussie who’s only just hearing about this now (how the hell did I miss this?), what kind of chances are there of a conviction here? How’s the evidence?
If she gets convicted but remains eligible, that’s a biiiig problem…