Far-right leaders, Trump, Musk, rally around France's Le Pen after poll ban

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The barring of Marine Le Pen from the 2027 French presidential election is only the latest example of European governments lashing out at populist leaders.

Far-right leaders, Trump, Musk, rally around France's Le Pen after poll ban

Prominent European far-right and nationalist figures as well as Donald Trump and Elon Musk on Monday rallied around Marine Le Pen after a French court sentenced her to a five-year ban on running for office.Le Pen was convicted over a scheme to take advantage of European Parliament expenses to employ assistants who were actually working...

Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke at a conference on the political moment on April 2, 2025. This article Social War, Le Pen, Trump, May 1 – Conference by Jean-Luc Mélenchon on the political moment was published by Zoé Abrahams on her blog: Melenchon.fr.

Global populists rally to France’s Le Pen

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump’s tariffs dominate the global economic headlines this week. Yet, political debate in Europe, and internationally, is as focused on Monday’s (Mar 31) hugely consequential French court ruling that may prevent Trump-favourite and poll-frontrunner Marine Le Pen from running for the nation’s presidency in 2027.

Spain's Vox party joins EU's far-right to rally behind Marine Le Pen after public office ban - Spain in English

Several far-right and nationalist figures in Europe and beyond, including the leader of Spain’s Vox party, voiced their support for Marine Le Pen on Monday, after a French court barred her from running for office for five years. Le Pen was found guilty of misusing European Parliament funds by employing assistants who were actually working for her far-right party in France. Vox leader Santiago Abascal (in main image with Le Pen in January 2022 in…

Analysis: Musk and Putin support Le Pen's attack on the French rule of law. It is a highly dramatic situation that is unfolding around the French right-wing queen, Marine Le Pen, who was stabbed on Monday afternoon.