French far-right leader Le Pen banned from running in 2027 presidential election | CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/europe/marine-le-pen-embezzlement-trial-verdict-france-intl/index.html

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CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Wow, if only our country had the spine to have kept donvict from being eligible for office.

FurryMemesAccount@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 1y

Don't worry, France had plenty of other convicts in office... I wish they'd all get their due but the system isn't nearly harsh enough.

nomoregerm@lemmy.cafe · 0 pts · 1y
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huppakee@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 1y (8 replies)

I am really hoping this will mark the end of the EU shifting right. We're much better off in the center.

RushLana@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 16 pts · 1y (1 reply)

The center will lead to the alt-right again. Look at Bayrou who talk about "subversion migratoire", Darmanin telling lepen she's soft on imigrants or even Macron rolling the red carpet for the alt-right.

( Note : liberals are not leftist in Europe, they are center right, the left would be socialist ) Outside of France it's the same, liberals are all too happy to welcome fascist if it help protect the establishment. In France we even have a saying for that : "Plutôt Hitler que les Front populaire" ( meaning people in power would prefer Nazi to a change in hierarchy, "Rather Hitler than the popular front" ).

All of that to say, don't hope centrist will do anything other than open the door when fascism come.

yagurlreese@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

liberals are not leftists here in the US either xF they are practically right of centre right....

but yea centrism Is a disease unless you're center left which imo is the one true path

PurpleSkull@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Lol, no.

Alt-right is already declaring her a martyr and firing up their base. Even Russia chimed in, proclaiming European democracies as fake now. With absolutely zero self-awareness. Navalny-who?

jwt@programming.dev · 2 pts · 1y

I refuse to believe they lack self awareness. They just choose to embrace the hypocrisy in order to fuck with us.

futatorius@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
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nomoregerm@lemmy.cafe · -1 pts · 1y (2 replies)
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huppakee@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

So you're saying we are better off if the EU shifts further right? Or do you mean if we shift left and stop in the center that wouldn't be good enough?

futatorius@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
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darkknight@discuss.online · 1 pts · 1y

You mean countries not named USA hold people accountable for their actions? Take note magats.