Breaking news! France
has just done the unthinkable, yet inevitable. It has made a political prisoner
out one of its most senior and longest sitting statespeople. No, this is not an
April fool joke. Marine Le Pen, many times presidential candidate and leader of
the biggest party in the French parliament, has been convicted of embezzlement
of EU funds which for politicians is a bit like slapping somebody with a
speeding fine at the French Grand Prix. Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy0ylgjew1xo.
Like Boris Johnson, her prosecution was selective and has an underlying
political motive, see: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/07/why-did-boris-fail.html.
The same goes for Donald Trump, see: https://hpanwo-tv.blogspot.com/2023/04/trump-in-court-livestream.html.
I predicted this would happen after the elections last year. It left the
country with a terrible political crisis and I said back then that they would
put it on hold until the Paris Olympics were over; and then all hell would
break loose, and it did, see: https://hpanwo-radio.blogspot.com/2024/12/third-rail-radio-programme-194.html.
Where they failed with Trump they have succeeded with Le Pen. She has been
sentenced to four years in prison with two suspended. So far she has not yet been
locked up, pending an appeal; but she is banned from standing in elections for
public office for five years, and that is probably the objective of the
prosecution. What will happen now? Ironically, like with Trump, her martyrdom will
probably add to her popularity. At the same time we must remember that France
is a very different kind of political society to Britain .
The French do not stop for tea and play games of cricket; they have revolutions
instead. France
is naturally a very unstable nation. In the background links I describe other
aspects that might give clues to what the next outcome might be once the dust
settles from this bombshell. Time will tell how this crisis will develop.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/04/french-election-2022-first-round.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-warning-from-france_25.html.
See here for background: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2022/04/french-election-2022-first-round.html.
And: https://hpanwo-voice.blogspot.com/2021/05/a-warning-from-france_25.html.