Marine Le Pen, the improbable martyr

Dear readers,

The question stole the spotlight from all the other subjects this week: from the snow which fell on France, from the farmers who mobilized to announce a new mobilization (“a very French thing”some wrote), and to Emmanuel Macron in full slippage regarding Haitian political personnel. In Paris, Marine Le Pen is starting to seriously worry about her political future.

With the firmer than expected requisitions at the trial of the FN's parliamentary assistants, it has been around ten days that a five-year ineligibility has hovered over the career of the Lepénist leader. The three-time presidential candidate, and one of the “favorites for 2027”according to the Times British, would possibly not be part of the race. “A big blow for his political ambitions”reacted the international press (for our selection of comments, it is over here) ; and the occasion of a possible putsch also which continues to take shape by the no less publicized “dauphin” Jordan Bardella (read our selection of comments on the