France’s constitutional court on Friday ruled local politicians can be barred from office immediately if convicted of a crime, leaving the door open for far-right leader Marine Le Pen to potentially be barred from the 2027 presidential race in an embezzlement trial concluding on Monday.

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    5 days ago

    5 year politican ban… without instant removal of parliament…

    instead of at least 5 years prison…

    for fraud…

    teh fuck

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      5 days ago

      It’s not “instead of”, it’s “in addition to”. And it’s not “at least” 5 years of prison either, it could end up being less than what the prosecution asked for.