Beautiful beef: Le Pen, Varoufakis and the horseshoe theory of politics

Beautiful beef: Le Pen, Varoufakis and the horseshoe theory of politics

Listen on Spotify Apple Music Amazon Music What do Marine Le Pen, Yanis Varoufakis and Donald Trump have in common? More than you’d think. In this episode of EU Confidential, host Sarah Wheaton breaks down the court decision that could end Le Pen’s political career as well as the fallout for France’s far right. With POLITICO’s Clea Caulcutt giving us the latest from Paris, Yanis Varoufakis — the …

The Le Pen judgment, the political debate and the origin of the debate

Trump's tariff war, France bans Le Pen and the PKK lays down arms

Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff announcements have set the cat amongst the pigeons in the world market. In France, the hypocritical establishment is celebrating the sentencing of right-wing demagogue Marine Le Pen in court on flimsy charges. Meanwhile in the Middle East, the leader of the PKK has called on its Kurdish guerilla fighters to lay down their arms.

EDITO. The malaise created by the provisional execution accompanying the judgment of Marine Le Pen is a new spasm for a France in the midst of political and economic delicacies.

According to political analyst Eric Maurice, following the condemnation of his front woman, the race model National could be radicalised. This is also internationally significant because of Trump and Putin.

Since the RN's boss was sentenced to a prison sentence for embezzlement of public funds by the European Parliament, a political class without a compass, fueled by the far right media, offers a pitiful spectacle to come to the rescue...