What happens when justice empowers those who defraud it? From Le Pen to Bolsonaro, the global right raffles the punishment

On the last day of March, the French ultra-right “lost” one of its key figures: Marine Le Pen, the opposition’s favorite to contest the 2027 elections, was disqualified by embezzlement of European public funds. Although she had just been condemned for corruption, she had fervent support from her followers. “Lost” could be rereaded as “ratified.” Although she broke ties with the old leadership of the National Group (RN), a party founded by her fa…

In 1972, an article published in the Washington Post about illegal listening at the Democratic Party headquarters developed by the campaign of the then President of the United States, Richad Nixon, shook American politics. That piece, signed by Bob Woodward and Carl Berstein, was the blow of the Watergate case and meant a real political earthquake that brought the government down and irretrievably damaged Nixon's political career, both instituti…

While the condemnation of the president of the RN is controversial, her political ally proposes a controversial reform to change the rules of execution of sentences. The conviction of Marine Le Pen for embezzlement of public funds revives the debate on her future eligibility. Faced with this situation, Éric Ciotti, figure of the Union des Droits (UDR), [...] Read article Marine Le Pen threatened with ineligibility: Can Éric Ciotti's legislative …

What the supporters of Marine Le Pen conceal when they call "police justice!" and why the convicted may be allowed to vote in 2027 after all.