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Le Pen evokes spirit of Martin Luther King as supporters rally
Khaleej Times
|April 07, 2025
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Sunday she would peacefully fight her five-year ban from running for office and draw inspiration from American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., as thousands of people rallied in Paris to back her.
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A Paris court convicted Le Pen and two dozen National Rally (RN) party members of embezzling EU funds last week and imposed a sentence that will prevent her from standing in France’s 2027 presidential election unless she can get the ruling overturned within 18 months.
“Our fight will be a peaceful fight, a democratic fight. We will follow Martin Luther King, who defended civil rights, as an example,” Le Pen supporters waved French flags and chanted “we will win” as they gathered in central Paris on Sunday afternoon for peaceful protests, which could give an indication of how much popular backing there is for her accus-sations that prosecutors in the case sought her “political death”.
This story is from the April 07, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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