Far-right populists look on in horror as Le Pen held to account
LAW-ignoring right-wing populists across the West are horrified to see France’s functioning legal system convict one of their own.
1st April 2025
LAW-ignoring right-wing populists across the West are horrified to see France’s functioning legal system convict one of their own.
The decision to bar National Rally leader Marine Le Pen from running in France’s next presidential election has petrified right-wingers who never thought they would see liberal democracy operate as planned in their lifetimes.
Nigel Farage of Clacton said: “So she’s supposed to accept a verdict handed down by a judge and that’s it? No storming of the Palais Bourbon or anything?
“I know France is backwards compared to America, but surely they’re aware no far-right leaders can be convicted just because they’re guilty. How are they meant to win the election and pardon themselves?
“All she did was embezzle EU funds on a huge scale. Compared to stealing classified documents and inciting insurrection that’s nothing. No wonder Europe’s on the brink of war.”
JD Vance of Jackson, Kentucky said: “A political outsider with a hatred for immigrants and neoliberal elites has been punished according to statute by an independent judiciary? But why?
“I trust that after this ban ends she’ll sweep into power and use her office to imprison everyone who ever dared oppose her, or my entire understanding of politics is wrong.”