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How Marine Le Pen’s conviction could strengthen the far-right | The Story

The conviction of France’s far-right leader Marine Le Pen for embezzling European Union funds came as a major blow to her, preventing her from running in the 2027 presidential election race. Her party called the trial a 'witch hunt' and she accused the court of making a “political decision”, a sentiment shared by far-right politicians across the world. So, could Le Pen’s sentence strengthen far-right parties and benefit their leader’s popularity? And could she end up standing as president in any case? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: https://www.thetimes.com/podcasts/the... Guest: Peter Conradi, Europe Editor, The Sunday Times. Host: Manveen Rana. Producer: Edith Rousselot. Further reading: Jordan Bardella: immigrants’ son to French far-right poster boy Further listening: Young, French and voting hard-right How France’s left stopped a far-right surge Clips: AFP, France 24, Newsweek, TF1. Photo: Getty Images. Get in touch: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Join this channel to get access to perks -    / @listentotimesradio   📻 Listen to Times Radio - https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio 🗞 Subscribe to The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/subscribe/... 📲 Get the free Times Radio app https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/how-...