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Re:French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from run... by rsynnott on Monday March 31, 2025 @08:47AM (#43534371)
Ah, well, that's America for you, they've always been weirdly okay with criminal politicians.

But more broadly, no, it is not a democratic norm that politicians should be allowed to commit multi-million euro frauds with no consequences.

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Re:French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from run... by quitit on Monday March 31, 2025 @09:36AM (#43534903)
Seems like this is the true meaning of "american exceptionalism".
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Re:French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from run... by Agingcoder on Monday March 31, 2025 @01:44PM (#43537673)
It used to be the case in France too.

For a truly incredible version of it see the helicopter affair : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Toubon?wprov=sfti1#Con...

In many ways, sending high profile politicians to prison or semi-prison ( Sarkozy, now Le Pen ) is new.

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