On March 31st, 2025, the Paris Criminal Court in France made a ruling that shocked Europe and the United States. Marine Le Pen, a popular candidate for the 2027 French presidential election, was sent to the political guillotine.
According to AFP, Marine Le Pen was found guilty of embezzling EU Parliament funds and was sentenced to four years in prison, fined 100,000 euros and deprived of her citizenship for five years.
The judge was quite organized. The four-year sentence was divided into two years in prison and two years at home wearing electronic anklets.
For a politician who aspires to great power, being deprived of her citizenship for five years is tantamount to being sentenced to political "death penalty". She is not allowed to run for any public office in the next five years, and will miss the 2027 French presidential election.
Le Pen roared in court, "This is a murder of democracy."
Yes, that’s right, Macron wants to “murder” you, and it’s a legal “execution”.
In addition to Le Pen herself, even the National Rally (RN) she led was almost wiped out.
The eight councilors who were bound over as accomplices were also convicted, and her twelve assistants were also found guilty of the crime of concealment.
Other accomplices were also sentenced to one to three years in prison, and all 25 defendants were disqualified from running for election for two to five years.
The furious Le Pen left the courtroom without waiting for the verdict.
When reporters gathered around her, she said nothing.
The National Rally claims: We do not accept it! We are not guilty!
Le Pen is preparing to appeal, but even if she does, she will not be allowed to run for president within five years.
Because the verdict was "immediately enforceable," she had no chance to delay the legal process until after the election.
Le Pen's only chance is to turn the tables before voting day in the 2027 election - if the appeals court overturns the ruling.
But we believe Macron has also been prepared to extend the trial period of the appeal case as much as possible, allowing her to spend several years on legal issues. Even if she is finally acquitted, she will lose the opportunity to run for election.
This was an elaborate conspiracy to kill political opponents in the name of law.
European right-wing politicians have come out to speak up for Le Pen, saying that French democracy has been "beheaded."
Including Hungarian Prime Minister Orban, Italian Deputy Prime Minister Salvini, German AfD Chairman Weidel, Dutch PVV Chairman Wilders and others.
Farage, leader of the British right-wing party "Reform UK", said this was a "groundless (non-existent) accusation."
Musk spoke for Le Pen at X: "When the radical left cannot win through democratic elections, they abuse the judiciary to jail their opponents. This is their standard play around the world."
Trump's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., mocked France on X, "France is going to send Le Pen to jail and ban her from running? Do they just want to prove that what Vance said is right?"
Vance previously publicly accused Europe of having "no freedom of speech" at the Munich Security Conference, saying that interest groups were suppressing different views and excluding the possibility of outsiders winning elections...
According to CNN, Trump himself also responded to this matter, "This is a big deal, this is a big deal. I understand all of this very well. Many people think she will not be convicted. I don't know if this means conviction, but she was banned from running for five years, and she is the leading candidate. This sounds like what happened in this country (the United States), very much like it."
No one understands these dirty legal tricks better than Trump.
Trump naturally sympathizes with Le Pen.
Right-wing political parties in Europe have the feeling of "like mourns for like" towards Le Pen.
Romanian presidential candidate Georgescu was deprived of his right to vote by the Constitutional Court despite having an advantage. Austria's handsome prime minister was convicted of "buying polls" and left politics forever. Germany's Weidel, even though the AfD became the second largest party, she had no chance to enter the cabinet...
The Le Pen case proves how absurd the so-called "democratic system" in the West has become:
As long as a political party does not conform to "political correctness", it cannot come to power without support; even if it has support, it cannot come to power. The so-called judiciary is nothing more than a political weapon.
It can be argued that it's entirely just or not for Le Pen.
Her case itself is not complicated. Le Pen and other members of the National Rally also participated in the European Parliament elections and were elected.
Where exactly is the injustice done to her?
According to regulations, Le Pen can receive a monthly allowance of 21,000 euros from the European Parliament, and can also receives party subsidies from the National Rally.
In 2016, Le Pen's political opponents accused her of transferring 4.4 million euros in subsidies to France between 2004 and 2016 for party expenses of the National Rally (formerly the National Front) to make up for her party's financial difficulties.
Le Pen also used the money to hire assistants, bodyguards, and drivers (in fact, European political leaders all have security expenses)
In the eyes of many French people, this just shows that the hands of the National Rally and Marine Le Pen are clean.
12 years, 4.4 million euros, how much money can be spent on party affairs on average per year?
Why would she do this if she had other sources of funds?
It is precisely because Le Pen refuses to sell that the financial groups refuse to give her money.
Furthermore, the prosecution accused Le Pen of "illegal acts" that occurred between 2004 and 2016. Why did the court wait until 2025 to make a ruling?
Because after the allegations were made in 2016, Le Pen's chances of being elected president were low.
Macron doesn't want to make things dirty, he wants to win the election cleanly.
However, after the 10th European Parliament election ended in June last year, the results made Macron panic.
The rise of right-wing and far-right parties in Europe has resulted in a combined total of more than 200 seats.
The French Renaissance Party led by Macron suffered a crushing defeat to Marine Le Pen's National Rally.
The National Rally had a support rate of 31.7%, the highest number of votes among French political parties, while the Renaissance only had 14.9%.
Although the European Parliament elections do not affect the ruling position of the Renaissance in France, it shows that it will be difficult for Macron to compete with Le Pen.
The next day, Macron announced the dissolution of the French National Assembly and held early parliamentary elections.
As a result, he lost the bet again.
He managed to maintain his position as the second largest party by forming alliances, with the left-wing coalition " Nouveau Front populaire(NFP)" in front and the "National Rally " behind.
Le Pen opened champagne and asked Macron to hand over the prime ministership to the National Rally.
Macron had no choice but to replace the young prime minister, but the replacement was someone from his own.
No matter how many changes are made, the support rate of the Renaissance cannot be restored.
This year, the National Rally has taken the first place in support, and Le Pen's own support rate is far ahead of other opponents, and has remained above 51%. The several candidates put forward by Macron's camp are difficult to compete with Le Pen.
France has a two-round presidential election system. According to this situation, by 2027, even if Le Pen does not win in the first round (more than 50% of the votes), she will win in the final.
The French left-wing "NFP" led by Mélenchon will not transfer its votes to Macron's camp at that time.
Because Macron has repeatedly stabbed others in the back. Even in such a difficult situation last year, he was still reluctant to appoint Jean-Luc Mélenchon as the Prime Minister of France.
How could Mélenchon and others possibly support Macron again?
What should Macron do?
So, the old case of Le Pen was brought up again, and the judiciary was used to put Le Pen to death.
Everyone knows that Le Pen was wronged, even the French who hate her know it.
Let’s not talk about the political injustice, people know it very well.
It is also unfair from a legal perspective. As long as political parties in European countries enter the European Parliament group, no matter they are left, center or right, they will receive party subsidies.
The parties generally use these subsidies on publicity, travel, and rental of office and conference venues.
These are all normal expenses. It is illegal to put the money into one's own pocket.
But the question is, when Le Pen and other political parties are all using it for party affairs, which expenditures are legal and which are illegal? This is a delicate question.
Once there is a lawsuit, the power of judgment and decision lies in the hands of the judge.
For example, although both use their allowances to hire assistants and bodyguards, the Green Party and Le Pen take different approaches.
To put it bluntly, a judge's political inclination can determine a politician's political life.
How poor is Marine Le Pen’s National Rally?
During the 2017 presidential election, Le Pen could not find any funding from any European consortium because of her anti-Semitic views.
Macron's party, on the other hand, has a lot of money. Rothschild and other banks have opened their wallets to him, so he doesn't have to worry about election funds at all.
Le Pen had no choice but to find a Russian bank and signed a loan agreement of 2 million euros. Then she obtained a loan of 9 million euros from a Czech-Russian joint venture bank.
Loan elections, this is the dilemma faced by many European right-wing parties.
The loan from a Russian bank almost caused Le Pen to fail in the 2022 general election. Fortunately, all the procedures were legal, but she was branded as a "Russian agent", but no one would believe that Le Pen is pro-Russian.
But this time, Macron's camp finally won.
Just like in a sports game, when Macron was behind in the score and unable to equalize, the referee took action and directly sent Le Pen off with a red card.
What is this called in football? Corrupt refereeing.
However, fundamentally speaking, Le Pen is not wronged.
Because she has always believed in the so-called "democratic elections" in the West and is willing to accept such rules of the game.
But who is in control of this game? It is the capital group. How can you play without money?
Even if you have done something fancy, what about the referee? The referee is also controlled by someone.
So, even if Le Pen is called the "Queen of France" and even if her approval rating has soared to the top, others can easily crush her with just one move, making her go from being a "Queen" directly to a "female prisoner."
It doesn’t matter whether it’s democratic or not. What matters is that there’s no you in 2027.
Le Pen's verdict will not only affect her personally, but will also have a profound impact on the European political landscape.
When Western "democracy" becomes a complete joke, when the rules of the game are repeatedly broken, and when the election game reaches the point where it can no longer be played, won't "stormtroopers" appear on the streets of Europe?
By then, Europe will have something to cry about.
Today the right wing is the victim; tomorrow it will be the left wing.
