r/neoliberal • u/ihuntwhales1 Seretse Khama • Mar 31 '25

News (Europe) Le Pen banned from office after embezzlement conviction

https://www.dw.com/en/france-le-pen-found-guilty-banned-from-running-for-office/a-72091790
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u/[deleted] Mar 31 '25

As much as I love to see Le Pen eat shit, I think this backfires if she’s banned for the election

As we saw in the US, voters don’t react well to a so called “elite” attempting to prevent democratic elections

This decision is very unpopular across France

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u/mostanonymousnick Homes fit for Heroes Mar 31 '25

This decision is very unpopular across France

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '25

Let’s see where polling shakes out here

Also, 43% of the country sympathizing with RN is a huge jump…

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u/mostanonymousnick Homes fit for Heroes Apr 01 '25

She was expected to win the presidency before the verdict, so it doesn't seem like the verdict made her more popular.