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Germany news: Doctor sentenced to life over patient murders

A Berlin court has handed Germany's maximum sentence to a doctor accused of murdering 15 seriously ill patients. Meanwhile, lawmakers are debating plans to expand digital investigation powers for police. DW has more.

DW News 1 weeks ago

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Germany news: Verdict due in Berlin doctor murder trial

A Berlin court is to deliver its verdict in the case of a doctor accused of murdering 15 seriously ill patients. Meanwhile, lawmakers are debating plans to expand digital investigation powers for police. DW has more.

DW News 1 weeks ago

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Le Pen says she'll run for French presidency next year despite court-ordered monitor

Far-right leader Marine Le Pen says she'll run for the French presidency next year despite being sentenced Tuesday to wear a court-ordered electronic monitor for embezzlement.

NPR News 1 weeks ago

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Marine Le Pen candidate à la présidentielle : le jour où la députée RN a repris la main et défié la justice

Malgré sa condamnation à un an de prison ferme pour « détournement de fonds publics », la députée RN du Pas-de-Calais voit dans l’absence d’inéligibilité ferme un trou de souris dans lequel s’engouffrer. Plutôt prendre le risque de finir la campagne...

Le Monde 1 weeks ago

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France's Le Pen says still running for president, despite embezzlement conviction confirmed

French far-right chief Marine Le Pen Tuesday said she was still standing for president next year, after an appeals court confirmed her embezzlement conviction but paved the way for her to run with a shorter ban from office. FRANCE 24's Mark Owen...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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France: Le Pen vows to run despite upheld graft conviction

After a court appeal rendered her eligible in theory to run while wearing an ankle tag, the far-right leader says she intends to stand next year. She repeated her plan to appeal again, saying the tag may not be needed.

DW News 2 weeks ago

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Marine Le Pen vows to remain a candidate for France’s 2027 election despite conviction

The leader of the National Rally announced on French TV that she would remain a candidate for the 2027 presidential election and seize France’s highest court, known the court of Cassation, despite an earlier verdict that found her guilty of...

Euronews 2 weeks ago

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No stopping Le Pen? French appeals court clears way for 2027 presidential run

Did a court decision just alter the outcome a French presidential election that’s less than 300 days in the future? Marine Le Pen’s conviction for funnelling EU parliamentary staff funds to her far-right National Rally party. Watered down by half...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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What to know about the electronic monitor Marine Le Pen must wear

A Paris appeals court on Tuesday declared far-right leader Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement and ruled that she must wear an electronic ankle monitor even if she decides to run for the presidency. In France, electronic home detention prohibits a...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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EN DIRECT, procès en appel de Marine Le Pen : la cour d’appel de Paris dit avoir pris en compte « la liberté de choix de l’électeur » dans sa décision

Marine Le Pen a été reconnue coupable et condamnée à un an de prison ferme sous bracelet électronique. La cour d’appel de Paris a par ailleurs considéré que la peine d’inéligibilité qu’elle a prononcée avait été purgée. Tous ses coprévenus ont été...

Le Monde 2 weeks ago

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Behind the scenes: Marine Le Pen's appeal verdict

🇫🇷 ⚖️ #French far-right figurehead Marine #LePen was found guilty in a #Paris court ruling that upheld her embezzlement conviction but enabled her to run in the 2027 presidential ​race. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent takes us behind the scenes...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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'The party of white-collar crime': French MPs react to Le Pen's conviction

Marine Le Pen's conviction was a long-awaited decision as it will decide who will be representing the far-right party National rally in the 2027 presidential election. Following the announcement of her sentence, FRANCE 24's Carys Garland went to the...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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Marine Le Pen: Presidential bid in doubt as court upholds fraud conviction

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen saw her conviction for fraud upheld by a Paris appeals court on Tuesday. The court sentenced Le Pen to a three-year jail term, but with two years suspended and one year with an electronic ankle tag. It means Le...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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Marine Le Pen branding as 'victim of judicial harassment' would be 'political stretch'

Marine Le Pen is set to give a crucial interview on French primetime television on July 7 following a sentence handed down by a court of appeal after she was found guilty of systemising the embezzlement of EU funds within her party, the National...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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'Decision time' for far right National Rally as ruling clears Le Pen's way for election run

Will Marine Le Pen leader be running in the 2027 presidential election? Or will she step back and let her popular 30-year-old protégé Jordan Bardella run instead? That is the question the party will have to answer following the appeal court's...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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Le Pen now 'has a choice' to run in the election or not

A Paris appeal's court cleared the way July 7 for popular far-right leader Marine Le Pen to possibly run for the French presidency in 2027, but said she must wear an electronic bracelet. But she has said she would not in those conditions in the...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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French court reduces graft sentence for Marine Le Pen

Under the appeals verdict, the far-right leader may be able to run for president in 2027, though she would have to wear an ankle monitor. She has previously said she would not stand for election under these conditions.

DW News 2 weeks ago

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What has French far-right leader Marine Le Pen been found guilty of and sentenced to?

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen has been found guilty of embezzling EU fund, with the appeal's court sentencing her to a 15-month ineligibility for office and a year with an electronic tag. Technically this would allow her to run for the...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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French court clears way for far-right leader Le Pen to run in 2027, with ankle bracelet

A French appeal court on Tuesday upheld Marine Le Pen's conviction for embezzling EU funds but shortened her ban on running for public office, in theory giving a path ​for the far-right ‌leader to run in the 2027 presidential election. The court...

France 24 2 weeks ago

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Who is Jordan Bardella, the successor to French far right's Marine Le Pen?

French far -right figurehead Marine Le Pen has been barred from public office for 15 months and sentenced to a year under electronic card after an appeal's course found her guilty of embezzling EU funds. Although this means she could run in the...

France 24 2 weeks ago