PARIS: French far-right leader Marine Le Pen was convicted of embezzlement on Monday (Mar 31) and handed an immediate five-year ban from public office, a sentence that will bar her from running in the 2027 presidential race unless she successfully appeals beforehand. The ruling marks a catastrophic setback for Le Pen,Continue Reading
PARIS: France and Britain are proposing a one-month truce in Ukraine “in the air, at sea and on energy infrastructure” after crisis talks in London, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Sunday (Mar 2). In an interview with France’s Le Figaro newspaper, Macron said that such a truce would not,Continue Reading
Le Scouarnec’s case will raise tough questions for France’s publicly run healthcare system, victims and rights groups say. Despite a conviction for child pornography in 2005, Le Scouarnec continued to work in public hospitals until his arrest in 2017. The Health Ministry didn’t respond to a request for comment. Francois,Continue Reading
