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Marine Le Pen verdict fuels debate that Europe’s ‘rule of law’ is throttling the ‘will of the people’

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      Yascha Mounk
      If we empower courts to cancel the outcome of elections because we’re shocked by who the winner is, we’re very close to living in a system of government whose ultimate arbiters are judges rather than people,
      CNN
      said political scientist Yascha Mounk, a professor at Johns Hopkins University
    • 88:88
      Elon Musk
      When the radical left can’t win via a democratic vote, they abuse the legal system to jail their opponents,
      CNN
      Trump’s billionaire aide Elon Musk wrote on X after Monday’s verdict
    • 88:88
      In a democracy, the way to beat extremists… is at the ballot-box,
      CNN
      Mounk told CNN
    • 88:88
      Any marginal benefit that the far right may gain from this broader conspiracy narrative will be offset by the fact that Bardella as a candidate is less effective,
      CNN
      Rahman told CNN
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      In purely political terms, I think it is more likely to strengthen than to weaken
      CNN
      Le Pen’s RN party ... he said
    • 88:88
      Power is not found in mere majorities, but in carefully balanced power,
      CNN
      he wrote in 2020.
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      I’m for Marine Le Pen all the way, but if Bardella stands as a new face for the party he could do well.”
      Guardian
      Noël, a former tiler, said
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      We are absolutely not in the spirit of the Capitol,
      Guardian
      Dessigny said
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      I’m against injustice and I think Le Pen was targeted politically. She’s a fighter, she’ll stand firm.”
      Guardian
      Danièle, a former Paris restaurant manager said
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      New people have joined the party this week, and I think more people will actually come to us now.”
      Guardian
      The town
    • 88:88
      There’s a sense of stupefaction,
      Guardian
      said Dessigny, 43, a former sales manager who is a member of parliament for Le Pen’s anti-immigration National Rally (RN) party in the L’Aisne département in north-eastern France
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      Any ordinary person would go to jail, so why shouldn’t a politician face a tough sentence. It’s absolutely crazy to have a rally in Paris, she’s a crook.”
      Guardian
      Catherine, 73, a retired nurse and healthcare manager, said
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      This wouldn’t change our vote for the party,
      Guardian
      Paul said
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      Sorry but if you’re a crook, you pay. Of course the judges’ verdict makes sense.”
      Guardian
      A market worker in his 30s said
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      It is a political attack,
      Guardian
      he said of Le Pen’s criminal conviction this week
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      I think judges have done this to her deliberately, in order to break her because she’s leading in public opinion,
      Guardian
      he said
    • 88:88
      Jean-Philippe Tanguy
      The role of politics is also to provide people with an organized and democratic way to express their anger,
      Le Monde
      said Jean-Philippe Tanguy, a prominent RN lawmaker
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      The verdict is heavy, a severe decision given Ms. Le Pen’s long disqualification,
      The New York Times
      said Anne-Charlène Bezzina, a senior lecturer in public law at the University of Rouen
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      In 2013, monthly expenses were 100,000 euros more than expected,
      The New York Times
      as a result of missions, receptions, travel and conferences ... he said
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      What Marine is asking us to do is the equivalent of signing for fictitious jobs,
      The New York Times
      he said