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Re:French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from run... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday March 31, 2025 @11:21AM (#43536075)
I think that starting a trial in 2023 for conduct in the mid-2010s, after the defendant got second place in the 2022 presidential election, is quite strange timing. Perhaps I don't know enough about French law; is it common in France for trials to begin a decade after the investigation started?
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Re:French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from run... by lm28469 on Monday March 31, 2025 @11:29AM (#43536172)
Very common, Sarkozy (ex president) was on trial for illegal campaign financing. It happened in 2007, has been investigated since ~2010, the trial started in 2025 and finished a few days ago
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Re:French Court bans far-right leader Marine Le Pen from run... by SpicyLemonZest on Monday March 31, 2025 @11:41AM (#43536319)
Interesting. Never mind then, I personally don't see much wrong here.
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