Sarkozy and Le Pen Judgements: "There is a hardening of the justice system with regard to policies"

In France, a promising candidate for presidential office loses the right to stand as a candidate, and in Romania, the Constitutional Court is pulling out an electoral winner: World guest author Martin Sonneborn finds it worrying how European courts intervene in politics.

According to historian Jean Garrigues, however, this is not an undue severity, since the judgments correspond to what the law says. ...

The court also banned Le Pen from running for public office for five years.

This Saturday, April 12, organizations are calling for a demonstration in defense of the rule of law. With less than a year to go before the municipal elections, calls for unity are flourishing to counter the reactionary offensive. It's difficult to know which way the coin will fall. Marine Le Pen's conviction on March 31, which sees her sentence of five years of ineligibility, effective immediately, seems to both excite and worry the left. On t…

After its anti-system offensive deployed in the aftermath of Marine Le Pen's condemnation on 31 March, the far-right party is trying to revive its strategy of normalization in recent years. But its position remains ambiguous, as it again threatens the government with censorship.

While Marine Le Pen is refused a cocktail, the French right is dreaming of a return to business next year in the third city of France, supporting the former President of Olympique Lyonnais.