Marine Le Pen at the European Parliament (© Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons)

Marine Le Pen at the European Parliament (© Claude Truong-Ngoc / Wikimedia Commons)

Marine Le Pen ineligible : a political earthquake

Marine Le Pen was sentenced on Monday by the Paris Criminal Court to five years’ ineligibility with immediate execution, together with a four-year prison sentence, two of which were suspended, and a fine of 100,000 euros. She will therefore be ineligible to stand for the 2027 presidential election.

Hundreds of thousands of Trucs demonstrate in several Turkish cities (capture X) Monster demonstrations in several Turkish cities (capture X)

Hundreds of thousands of Trucs demonstrate in several Turkish cities (capture X) Monster demonstrations in several Turkish cities (capture X)

Massive demonstrations in Turkey after the arrest of Istanbul’s mayor

Tens of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir and many other Turkish cities on Friday to express their support for Ekrem Imamoglu, mayor of Istanbul and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s main political rival.