French prosecutors on Friday ordered far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen to stand trial over claims she used EU

[applegrove]

" French prosecutors on Friday ordered far-right figurehead Marine Le Pen to stand trial over claims she used EU funds to finance party activities in France.

In March, Le Pen will be joined by 26 other members of the National Rally (RN) party in the dock, all accused of setting up a system for embezzling EU money to hire staff in France".

[Takket]

1. Good lock her up

Another hate filled authoritarian.

[Maraya1969]

2. They are all the same, grifters one and all.

[OnDoutside]

3. Finally ! I thought they wouldn't go ahead with it. Y'know

it feels like charging Trump has given permission for other countries to take on far right crooks.

[CottonBear]

9. This is good news for France. Follow the money to find right wing corruption.

I did some research and learned that, over the years, many other democratic countries have charged elected their current and/or former elected officials with corruption.

Former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, was convicted of crimes in 2021. He was sentenced to prison, but is currently appealing the convictions.

The USA is finally following the lead of other democratic countries in charging a former elected official with corruption in a court of law.

I found this article from Axios which details countries, in which former leaders were charged and/or convicted of crimes, mostly related to corruption.

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/26/countries-where-former-leaders-jailed-charged

Former President Trump declared after being indicted in New York that "THE USA IS NOW A THIRD WORLD NATION," a statement echoed by his sons and many of his supporters.

The big picture: In reality, leaders who left office since 2000 have been jailed or prosecuted in at least 78 countries — including in democracies like France, Israel and South Korea.

Since 1980, around half of the world's countries have had at least one such case, and that's not counting impeachments or coups.

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[OnDoutside]

17. Yes it has been the running failure in democracies,

not wanting the shame and disgrace being put on the nation, but it's an exercise in democracy to punish those who transgress. All should be equal under the law.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. This makes me smile

[orangecrush]

5. Putins puppet is a grifter??

No surprise.

[Javaman]

6. Crooked nazi right wingers know no international bounds nt

[paleotn]

7. It's simply the reich wing way of doing things....

The fathers of their movement taught them well.

Ike, Omar Bradley and Patton visiting the Merkers salt mine, filled with Nazi loot.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Authoritarians are authoritarian so they can avoid laws

She didn't have enough power to get away with it.

[PortTack]

10. Send her packin'!!!

[lonely bird]

11. Good

Karma is coming.

[peggysue2]

12. Around the world . . .

The Far-Right pols are the same--grifters and thieves. They call themselves populists as they rip off their constituents and/or any organization for personal gain.

Another warning as too many countries lean into this 'populist' scam.

Lock 'em up!

[calimary]

13. Damn - she's still around?

And still making trouble, evidently.

[LudwigPastorius]

14. Sounds like her goose step is cooked.

[Kablooie]

15. Right wing extremists believe that laws don't apply to them.

And when they are caught and sentenced, they think they are being persecuted for their beliefs.

In a way they are.
They are punished for the belief that they are above the law.

[uponit7771]

16. Far Right Criminals