Marine Le Pen head of the French far right National Rally Party has been found guilty by a French Court of embezzling European Parliament funds. As things stand she is disbarred from being a candidate in the next French Presidential Election. She will of course appeal.
I’ve been keeping note of which UK commentators have expressed sympathy for Le Pen. Matthew Goodwin hard right pundit, argued on Twitter that if you are standing for election as a hard right candidate then clearly you should be able to commit crimes with impunity. Of course he didnt exactly say that, but it was the drift of his point in my view.
The Telegraph opined that Ms Le Pen’s conviction would only help get the FN support, although the ability to monetise political power for personal gain does seem to be a common thread across much mainstream politics.
Nigel Farage has said Le Pen has been ‘cancelled’ on what he deemed ‘very trumped up charges’. Since he doesnt do his own media this is what one of his team said, but its Faragesque
Meanwhile hard right site Spiked noted The banning of Marine Le Pen is an affront to democracy
Nigel Farage while he is amongst the UK’s best known grifters has certainly not been charged with any criminal activity. In fact Nigel is 61 on April 3rd and it will be interesting to see if there is a birthday bash. His 60th featured a diverse range of guests from Liz Truss to Brewdog’s James Watt with a video greeting from Donald Trump.
The Guardian on the reaction of far right politicians to the Le Pen verdict (and a few varying reactions of the left) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/31/marine-le-pen-allies-paris-court-2027-election-ban-elon-musk?CMP=share_btn_url
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