A bit of text on this: https://www.publicsenat.fr/actualites/politique/video-quand-marine-le-pen-demandait-lineligibilite-a-vie-pour-les-elus-condamnes-pour-detournement-de-fonds-publics
Spread the word! One barely hears about this outside of France.
…but that was in 2013, she was still young and naive /s.
Funny, what people are willing to state, as long as they believe it’s not about THEM.
From OP’s context link: "While Marine Le Pen has just been sentenced for embezzlement of public funds to four years in prison and five years of ineligibility, preventing her from running in 2027, the same Marine Le Pen nevertheless defended, a few years ago, the greatest firmness against convicted elected officials. « When are we going to implement lifetime ineligibility for all those who have been convicted of acts committed during their mandate? » asked Marine Le Pen, on Public Senate, in 2013…