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"To conclude, political rights should never be left to judges. Anywhere. Ever. The moment you let the judiciary decide who can seek our votes, our oligarchies are bound to distort what little prospects of a democracy we have. No sensible progressive can “trust the courts” in an exploitative system for which the so-called separation of powers is at best a heroic assumption and at worst a ruse. It is as naïve as it is to believe in an independent central bank!

Anyone who cares about the democratic idea should be deeply worried with the ease with which the panicking Radical Centre bans an ultra-right opponent they think may beat them at the polls. Progressives, understandably, fear that the same courts and the same means will be used tomorrow to ban us. I agree. They will! In 2015 they shut down our banks to overthrow people like me, here in Greece. If that hadn’t worked, they would have tried to ban us from running for office – indeed, rightist lawyers tabled charges against me at Greece’s Parliament, just when I resigned the finance ministry. The charges? High Treason – the allegation being that I “undermined the national currency” which, comically, they identified as the… euro.

So, yes, we, the Left, have every reason to fear that what they are doing to Le Pen today they will most definitely do to us if we rise sufficiently in the polls. However, that should NOT be the principal reason why we oppose Le Pen’s ban, or of that clownish Georgescu’s ban in Romania. We should oppose these bans for deeper reasons: Because no one’s political rights should be rescindable. For any reason. Anywhere. Ever!

Having the guts to say that, especially in defence of the political rights of an abominable politician we should want to crush at the polls, is the litmus test for a radical democrat, for a Left worth its salt."

yanisvaroufakis.eu/2025/04/09/

Yanis Varoufakis · Should Le Pen be barred? What is the Left's right answer on this conundrum? - Yanis VaroufakisThis is a crucial conversation to have in general, not particularly about Marine Le Pen. It is about the principled position that the democratic Left must take on the question of who has the right to remove the political rights (the right to vote and to seek votes) of whom. We know what can happen […]
#EU#France#LePen
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@bikepacker22 Oui. D'ailleurs, pendant un temps je le trouvais bien plus dangereux que #LePen et #Zemmour, parce que plus subtil et plus intelligent qu'eux.

Mais comme ça ne payait pas, il s'est mis à leur niveau.

Problème, je n'arrive pas à savoir si c'est une bonne ou une mauvaise nouvelle. Électoralement s'entend, car humainement c'est ni mieux ni pire, c'est et ça reste juste #Wauquiez.

Join us: Yanis Varoufakis, Glenn Greenwald and David Broder to discuss Le Pen ban

On Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 18:00 CET, join us for an engaging livestream discussion titled ‘Le Pen Ban: Stopping the Far Right – or Fueling It?’ on our YouTube channel. This timely event will feature prominent voices including DiEM25 co-founder Yanis Varoufakis, journalist Glenn Greenwald, and historian David Broder.​

The conversation will delve into the recent ban on far-right political figure Marine Le Pen and its implications for democracy and freedom of speech in Europe. The panellists will explore critical questions:

  • Does banning far-right leaders curb the spread of their ideologies, or does it inadvertently amplify their message by portraying them as martyrs?
  • How can democratic societies effectively combat the rise of extremist movements without compromising their foundational principles?​

https://diem25.org/join-us-yanis-varoufakis-glenn-greenwald-and-david-broder-to-discuss-le-pen-ban/

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pour démissionner #LePen (par exemple) de son siège de députée

en ce jour de printemps du 8 avril de l'an de grâce 2025. Visiblement, #OSEF 😁

«On» à jusqu'à mi-août pour passer l'admissibilité (5k voix).

Vidéo. Sans honte, Marine Le Pen cite Martin Luther King
humanite.fr/politique/marine-l

Après sa condamnation au tribunal correctionnel de Paris, à une peine d’inéligibilité de 5 ans avec exécution immédiate, dans l’affaire des assistants parlementaires européens, Marine #Lepen a osé citer Martin #LutherKing, l'emblématique défenseur des droits civiques aux Etats-Unis.

La grande cheffe des racistes et amie des nazis se revendique du martyr des droits civiques.

Abjecte. Comme toujours.

L'Humanité · Sans honte, Marine Le Pen cite Martin Luther KingBy Franck Cartelet

The people who say media scrutiny is fake news, are the same people who complain being held to the rule of law is political suppression.
Once they make those accusations it's too late, no account of factual debunking will matter. Our democratic, legal institutions are behind the curve.
#lePen

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@Quantium40
Also, laut der französischen Polizei nahmen auf der Gegendemo in Paris "nur" ca. 5000 teil.
francetvinfo.fr/politique/mari
Dann wäre zu bemerken, dass auch andere Redaktionen gleichlautend berichten, aber hier nicht offiziell vertreten sind. Ich denke, da konzentriert sich die Kritik auf die
@tagesschau.

Ich bin traurig, dass in den Nachrichten gefühlt #LePen 3 Minuten zu sehen war, während auf die Gegendemo gerade mal 10 Sekunden eingegangen wurde.

Un rassemblement de soutien à Marine Le Pen se tient à Marseille, le 5 avril 2025.
Franceinfo · DIRECT. Condamnation de Marine Le Pen : le RN rassemble ses soutiens à Paris, "un glissement dangereux", selonBy Camille Adaoust
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@xs4me2 Si moi ou tout autre citoyen détourne cette somme d’argent, vous risquez six ans de prison et ils jetteront probablement la clé, mais si votre nom est Le Pen, c’est la justice politique. Est-ce que je vais argumenter alors, voir jusqu’où j’arrive… l’acquittement ? Je ne le pensais pas. C'est juste une criminelle totale. #France #LePen #Criminel #Fraude #condamner