Le Pen’s Gambit - France’s Next Presidential Election Could Put the Rule of Law on the Ballot
Capoccia, Giovanni
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2026-07-14
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Marine Le Pen’s presidential campaign began not with a rally but with a court judgment. By announcing her candidacy in a prime-time television interview within hours of the Paris Court of Appeal largely upholding her criminal conviction, the leader of the Rassemblement National has placed one of Europe's oldest constitutional democracies on a path toward a direct confrontation between electoral politics and judicial authority.
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Capoccia, Giovanni
Authoritarian Populism
Marine Le Pen
Rassemblement National
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