After Romania and France, Courts in Other Countries May Also Begin Eliminating Inconvenient Politicians

All after the scenario of banning the candidate who won the first round of elections, was repeated with the head of the sovereigntists in France. “You are right that speaking about Europe a few days ago in Romania, a decision of the judiciary not only annulled the elections but prohibited the candidate who came first in the first round from running in the next elections because of suspicions of interference, but there was no verdict of justice, …

After Romania and France, Courts in Other Countries May Also Begin Eliminating Inconvenient Politicians

“If in a country as large as France, it is possible to eliminate from the elections one of the key political figures—who, moreover, is leading in the polls—then, by extension, similar situations may be expected elsewhere. Let us not forget what happened earlier in Romania. These are unprecedented developments, previously unseen in Europe,” said Kacper […] The post After Romania and France, Courts in Other Countries May Also Begin Eliminating Inc…

For many French, the name Le Pen has an electoral glass ceiling, so his conviction could end up being beneficial to Rassemblement National's interests.

Even before the judge had finished hearing the sentence, the leader of the ultra-right French National Regrouping knew that her political future was over.