In his first comments since the controversial court ruling to ban longstanding rival Marine Le Pen from the next presidential election, French President Emmanuel Macron rejected accusations that the country’s judicial system is biased.
Speaking of Monday’s ruling from a Paris court to enact a five-year ban on National Rally leader Marine Le Pen from running in any election over alleged embezzlement of European Union funds, President Emmanuel Macron maintained that “justice is independent” in France.
According to French broadcaster BFMTV, Macron added that “everyone has the right to equivalent justice and that the right is the same for everyone.”
If it stands, the decision to ban Le Pen from electoral politics, even during the appeal process during which defendants in France are
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