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Ecuador chooses its next president as rampant drug violence undercuts the economy
Ecuadorians head to the polls Sunday in a close presidential run-off pitting incumbent President Daniel Noboa against leftist ...
Gabon 2025 election: 5 things you need to know
Gabonese voters head to the polls on April 12 to pick their next president. The pivotal election is a litmus test to transition back to civilian rule,as Gabon seeks to break from the dynastic Bongo ...
We Should Know by Now. The Courts Aren’t Going to Stop Trump and His Kind.
Embezzlement and polarizing legal decisions aren’t new, of course. But the crisis of Western democracy, most fundamentally, ...
French presidential hopeful sparks outcry with idea to deport migrants to remote island
French presidential hopeful Laurent Wauquiez has caused an outcry in France, including within his own conservative camp, for ...
Le Pen vows to fight 'witch hunt', rallies supporters after public office ban
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and ...
Marine Le Pen evokes Martin Luther King Jr as Trump criticises ‘witch hunt’
Before thousands of supporters in Paris, the far-right leader likened her battle against a court ruling to America’s struggle ...
Opinion
Will the French Court’s decision to bar Marine Le Pen from the presidential election become the largest human rights issue in Europe?
There are huge implications of the French Court’s decision last week of sentencing Marie Le Pen to prison, and thereby preventing her from running for any public office for the next coming five years.
CNN14d
Trump publicly backs France’s far-right figurehead Le Pen after her conviction
US President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind another embattled far-right European leader, backing Marine Le Pen after French presidential ... runner for the next election, and the ...
Germany could BAN AfD candidates from running for office under proposed new rules - following decision in France to block Marine Le Pen's presidential bid
The law would block those with 'multiple convictions of inciting to hatred' from standing in elections, according to a draft agreement between the parties seen by German newspaper Die Welt.
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Macron weighs in on Le Pen verdict for first time: ‘The law is the same for everyone’
Macron opened a weekly meeting of French ministers by addressing the court’s decision, recalling “three things” government spokesperson Sophie Primas said: “that the judiciary is independent;” “that ...
The Telegraph16d
Here's a look at the election ban on France's far-right Le Pen and the legal issues
Monday’s decision takes effect immediately and likely bars Le Pen from participating in France’s next presidential election in 2027. She said she would appeal, but there’s no guarantee another court ...
Here's a look at the election ban on France's far-right Le Pen and the legal issues
PARIS (AP) — French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has denounced as “a democratic scandal” the court ruling that placed a five-year ban on her seeking public office for embezzling European Union funds ...