Marine Le Pen found guilty in EU funding embezzlement case

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1. What a shock. Who would have thought a populist far right politician with ties to Russia would be guilty of things like embezzlement.

   I’m glad France is actually willing to prosecute their political leaders. Too many countries turn a blind eye when it comes to the elite. I’m sure some will say this is politically motivated to keep her out of upcoming elections but even were that the case, if the wrong doing is able to be proven, punishment should occur regardless of the political upside for those involved.

2. Astounding that someone found guilty of a crime is ineligible for running for public office for five years – what a good system worthy of adoption by all superpowers!

   Seriously though, very interesting – I imagine this frees Macron to call elections whenever he likes as there’s no serious united opposition. The return of centrism?

3. …To the surprise of no one.
   This shitty party has relied on dubious funding and frauds for decades now.
   Sentencing has yet to be announced though, hopefully it will be exemplary and MLP will be barred from the elections.

4. This is the bare minimum, and it’s a shame that we reached a point of celebrating it. Hopefully more countries start to follow suit on their own political figures, cause there’s quite a lot of cases to make

5. Most interestingly, this means she cannot be eligible in the next election. While Bardela was already favored, it’s still a good hit to that party. And Bardela got accused a bit later than Lepen, so even though he won’t be ineligible in time, I hope it’s enough to make him and the FN lose popularity

6. Calling for her to be rendered ineligible regardless of the inevitable appeal is certainly going to invite criticism. 

   That said, appeals have become too convenient a method for delaying sentences, as demonstrated by the fact that they’re apparently worried Le Pen could delay for long enough to still run for office 2 years from now.

7. Glad that justice prevailed and main opposition candidate finally received what she deserved.

   Welcome to the club, France. All hail Managed Democracy!

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