So Marine Le Pen was banned from running for presidency in 2027.
Banning prez candidates is the new black. Perhaps Ukraine is Second France, but France is Second Romania is Ukraine Third Romania now?
tl;dr
She got EU funds to pay EU staff for her EU parliamentary membership. She payed staff for her French party who did little to no work related to EU. Essentially this is embezzlement.
She got 4 years of prison, 2 she'll spend in house arrest with ankle monitor on, 2 was suspended. And as a bonus she was banned from politics.
Oh this sentence is just as long so she can't run for the presidency. Oh well, coincidences.
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250331-france-s-le-pen-faces-verdict-that-could-end-presidential-hopes

So.
1. What I don't understand. We have this thing that legislative members and such has immunity. And not just Hungary, Netanyahu can't be prosecuted for decades now for the same reason. What's up with this?
2. I assume this was the "court of first instance" or whatever it is called in English. They appeal against the decision.
3. This is feeding munitions to Russia. When criticized for Georgia, or the Donbas, Russia could point to Kosovo and said: USA does the same. Now when criticized for not being democratic, Moscow can just point to France or Romania and say: EU ain't really democratic either.