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France: Marine Le Pen found guilty in embezzlement trial

7 comments

  1. [2]
    DefinitelyNotAFae
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    Oh nooooo c'est dommage. But seriously, at some point, politicians - you have to let the courts have oversight or literally there are no consequences. Gestures at the US Is that what you want?

    Oh nooooo c'est dommage.

    But seriously, at some point, politicians - you have to let the courts have oversight or literally there are no consequences.

    Gestures at the US

    Is that what you want?

    19 votes
    1. elight
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      It's what the GOP wants: a tyrannical monarch. If only it aren't for judges enforcing laws exactly when the would-be monarch doesn't want them to. If the would-be monarch replaces just enough...

      It's what the GOP wants: a tyrannical monarch. If only it aren't for judges enforcing laws exactly when the would-be monarch doesn't want them to.

      If the would-be monarch replaces just enough judges...

      3 votes
  2. macleod
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    Another win for the French system. at this point I am really starting to regret not moving there in 2020 (y'know, if a certain unsaid little-known pandemic didn't step in the way).

    Another win for the French system.

    at this point I am really starting to regret not moving there in 2020 (y'know, if a certain unsaid little-known pandemic didn't step in the way).

    7 votes
  3. [3]
    stewedrabbit
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    Now I'm getting concerned - not for the rule of law, I'm happy to see it survive in some parts of the world, but because of whomever stepping in the vacuum of Le Pen and playing their cards right,...

    Now I'm getting concerned - not for the rule of law, I'm happy to see it survive in some parts of the world, but because of whomever stepping in the vacuum of Le Pen and playing their cards right, could lead to a massive win for Rassemblement National. Here's hoping I'm wrong.

    6 votes
    1. [2]
      donn
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      Jordan Bardella?

      Jordan Bardella?

      1 vote
      1. stewedrabbit
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        That's one possibility, but he's still very young for a presidential candidate. Politics always find white rabbits in my experience, so who knows?

        That's one possibility, but he's still very young for a presidential candidate. Politics always find white rabbits in my experience, so who knows?

        1 vote