Politics in Europe > Merkel confesses to something really stupid; Marine Le Pen can run for President but must wear an ankle bracelet

 

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Angela Merkel has ADMITTED on camera that she deliberately flooded Germany with third-world immigrants to "stop the far right." She imported voters to KILL OFF THE RIGHT (literally, judging by the crime statistics). SHE MUST BE TRIED FOR TREASON

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1:13 PM · Jul 4, 2026

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The leftists Merkel and Von der Leyen destroyed Europe in two decades after centuries of growth, evolution, and expansion!, they ruined industry, the economy, and energy. They lied to Europeans, saying that the EU was destined to improve Europe, today it's worse!

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7:09 PM · Jul 4, 2026

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Marine Le Pen loses appeal but could still run for president of France

By Lisa Hornung    

Marine Le Pen arrives at the Paris courthouse on the opening day of the appeal trial in her embezzlement case in Paris in January. Her appeal was denied Tuesday, but her ban on running for office was shortened, paving the way for her to run again. File Photo by Yoan Valat/EPA

July 7 (UPI) -- Marine Le Pen's appeal verdict Tuesday has cleared the way for her to run for president of France again, but whether she will isn't clear.

Le Pen, leader of France's far-right National Rally party who was convicted on charges of embezzlement for misusing European Parliament funds, lost the appeal. But the court shortened the ban on running for office from five years to 15 months, which have already been served. So, she could run for office now. She was a member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2017.

Le Pen, 57, has said running for president of France would be too difficult because she is required to wear an electronic monitoring bracelet for a year -- instead of two years in prison -- that would restrict her movements, making campaigning too difficult.

She could still appeal to France's highest court, the Court of Cassation, and she has 10 days to decide. That would also prevent her from campaigning because of the time it would take, likely several months.

Le Pen told supporters in Liévin, France, over the weekend, "if the judiciary bars me from running for the presidency," she would instead support her friend, Jordan Bardella.

Le Pen is the daughter of the late Jean-Marie Le Pen, who founded the far-right party that his daughter now runs.

She and 10 other party members were convicted in a fake jobs scheme.

The group was found guilty in March of diverting more than $3.4 million of European Parliament funds that was supposed to be used to hire aides for MEPs to pay people to work on internal National Rally party matters in France, instead of for the EP itself.

She was sentenced to four years in prison, two of which were suspended, fined $117,000 and banned from running for public office for five years. She had planned to make a fourth attempt to run for president of France in 2027.

The 11 co-defendants must pay about $2.29 million to reimburse the contracts they paid to assistants, plus more than $171,000 in moral damages to the European Union, plus legal fees.

The co-defendants all have individual fines, including $114,377 for Le Pen.

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