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French far-right leader Marine Le Pen barred from seeking office for five years
A French court on Monday convicted Marine Le Pen of embezzlement and barred her from seeking public office for five years — a ...
Crossing the anti-Democratic rubicon in Europe
In his highly quoted speech to the Munich Security Conference, Vice President J.D. Vance singled out a country unfamiliar to ...
‘Our 2028 Nominee Will Need to Come From America, Not Washington’
Having said that, there is no guarantee that we will benefit unless the voters regain trust that we can govern. It will be up ...
Here’s a look at the election ban on France’s far-right Le Pen and the legal issues
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced as “a democratic scandal” the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on ...
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In the Le Pen Verdict, the French Far Right Sees a Political Declaration of War
The sentence looks primed to set off a firestorm on the far right, both in France and across Europe. A visibly stunned Marine ...
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Slip of Le Pen: How the conviction of the French politician will fuel Europe’s far right
The sentencing of far-right politician Marine Le Pen for embezzling EU funds will not only change the 2027 race for the ...
French politics to get ‘even messier' as far-right figurehead Le Pen rails against ban, analysts warn
Analysts say the judgment barring Marine Le Pen from running for public office plunges France into more political uncertainty ...
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Fascism in the United States?
Many Americans felt anxious and fearful about the Trump administration long before it assumed power in January. Three months ...
New Zealand deputy PM rails against “Marxists” and declares “war on woke”
The Trumpian statements by Winston Peters point to rising fears in the entire political establishment of the growing shift to ...
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Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door
PARIS – For years, Marine Le Pen stood at the gates of power — poised, relentless and rising. She stripped the French far ...
Germany’s Merz government to extend support for Israeli genocide against the Palestinians
The so-called “antisemitism” resolution passed by the German parliament in the midst of the recent federal election campaign ...
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Marine Le Pen verdict triggers uproar from far right in France and beyond, amid fist pumps in Paris
The thunderclap court ruling barring far-right politician Marine Le Pen from office for five years has reverberated across ...