Marine Le Pen, leader of France’s far right and a top contender for the presidency, has just been banned from running after a corruption conviction.
Is this a legitimate ruling — or lawfare: the weaponisation of the legal system to block political opponents?
Join Yanis Varoufakis, award-winning journalist Glenn Greenwald, and Jacobin’s Europe editor David Broder for a live discussion hosted by Mehran Khalili. We’ll break down the Le Pen ruling, look at how courts are used to sideline opposition figures in Europe and beyond, and ask:
Does barring candidates actually strengthen the far right?
Is lawfare becoming the establishment’s go-to tool to silence dissent? And if we don’t challenge it now, what comes next?
Join us live, be part of the conversation, and send in your questions!
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