Marine Le Pen’s Political Future in doubt, verdict rocks French far right

[Chomper Higgot]

6 minutes ago, BerndD said:

 

I bet that you are not CE certified. This is a certification of quality.https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS4TtBwOUPNyYJNJMHekUFk77dd-qVaO6Pz6w&s

It’s also one of those certifications that the UK said it was going to get rid of after  Brexit.  
Vast sums of money were wasted on a British alternative before the UK quietly accepted it would be a follower of EU regulations on the matter.

[Yagoda]

13 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

And the relevance of that is what?

Well he is spewing out all these allegations about some French politico, he must be from the country.

9 minutes ago, rough diamond said:

What part of France do you live in? Do you speak French?

Nope, why? Im not commenting on this ladies trial or the allegations other than in a general philosophical sense as it relates to the tendency of "elites" to use the "law" to solve their political problems.

 

More than one election screwed with over there.

 

Thank god in the US the people decide.

 

 

[Chomper Higgot]

8 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

That does not happen in the USA

Except it does.

 

[Yagoda]

3 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

we are witnessing right now in America what happens when someone is allowed to think that they are.

And what is that?

 

1 hour ago, JonnyF said:

History tells us the reaction in France could be a lot less peaceful. 

Yeah, they allowed to have guns over there?

 

28 minutes ago, BerndD said:

What part of USA do you live in? Do you speak MAGAish?

Oh how precious. Look at the zinger from the sandbox. So cute.

[Yagoda]

29 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said:

Can’t be doing businesses with nations that uphold the rule of law.

Got it. Why do the Euros do business with Putin then.

[CallumWK]

43 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

What part of France do you live in? Do you speak French?

 

How about you?

[Gecko123]

28 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

What part of France do you live in? Do you speak French?

Flattered by your questions. No, I don't live in France. Yes, I do speak French. I follow French current events by reading French newspapers daily (Le Monde), watching sessions of the National Assembly, interviews with politicians, and listening to news reports and podcasts. In addition to politics, I have an interest in criminal activity in France. My interest in French current events originated from a consideration that I might move there one day. I also have a deep interest in 19th century French literature, and have read many classics in French. 

 

[Yagoda]

1 minute ago, CallumWK said:

 

How about you?

Shhhhhh. Supra. 

[BerndD]

7 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Got it. Why do the Euros do business with Putin then.

WHO?

[Gecko123]

1 hour ago, frank83628 said:

They had to stop her because she was going to win and upset the Apple cart just as Trump has done, same in Romania, and they changed the rules in Austria... the EU leftists are panicking because  'right' are gaining in popularity everywhere because the people are few up with being treaded as second class citizens.

No...she was not going to win in the next election. A sizable majority of the French electorate are adamantly opposed to her ever succeeding to the Presidency, as evidenced by the willingness of the left to set aside their differences and form the Nouveau Front Populaire in order to block her from doing so.

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Flattered by your questions. No, I don't live in France. Yes, I do speak French. I follow French current events by reading French newspapers daily (Le Monde), watching sessions of the National Assembly, interviews with politicians, and listening to news reports and podcasts. In addition to politics, I have an interest in criminal activity in France. My interest in French current events originated from a consideration that I might move there one day. I also have a deep interest in 19th century French literature, and have read many classics in French. 

 

Very Nice, and you oppose Ms Whoever I assume on ideological grounds?

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, BerndD said:

WHO?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/09/european-imports-of-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russia-at-record-levels

 

Germany et al.

 

They even try to hide it.

 

Y'all better hope Trump doesnt secondary sanction or you guys either will be freezing or waving nthe white flag.

[BerndD]

6 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

Flattered by your questions. No, I don't live in France. Yes, I do speak French. I follow French current events by reading French newspapers daily (Le Monde), watching sessions of the National Assembly, interviews with politicians, and listening to news reports and podcasts. In addition to politics, I have an interest in criminal activity in France. My interest in French current events originated from a consideration that I might move there one day. I also have a deep interest in 19th century French literature, and have read many classics in French. 

 

Many Americans know nothing about France. France, eh? Is this a part of Paris or Rome?

[CallumWK]

4 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/09/european-imports-of-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russia-at-record-levels

 

Germany et al.

 

They even try to hide it.

 

Y'all better hope Trump doesnt secondary sanction or you guys either will be freezing or waving nthe white flag.

 

how about the US?

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/us-resumes-russian-oil-imports-defies-sanctions-101705030907684.html

Controversy brews as the US resumes Russian oil imports amid sanctions.

 

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US imported 36,800 barrels of Russian oil in October and 9,900 barrels in November, worth $2.7 million and $749,500, respectively. The imports were made possible by specific licenses granted by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which oversees the enforcement of sanctions.

 

The EIA data also revealed that the US paid a premium for the Russian oil, as one barrel cost $74 in October and $76 in November, well above the “price cap” of $60 per barrel set by the US and its allies in 2022.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-oil-us-sanctions-imports-ukraine-war-2038626

 

Nayara Energy, a refiner backed by Rosneft, exported 124 million euros ($135 million) of oil refined from Russian crude to the U.S.—a clear majority of its total of $192 million in exports to the U.S.—from its Vadinar refinery in India between January 2024 to the end of January 2025.

[Yagoda]

3 minutes ago, BerndD said:

Many Americans know nothing about France. France, eh? Is this a part of Paris or Rome?

To most Americans, France is a nice tourist place where the folks are rude, the food is expensive, who gave us the statue of liberty in payback for screwing the Brits for them and who continually whine to us for help because they cant get along with the equally scumbaggy Germans. Oh and they cut off heads, riot in the streets and have the decency to be nice to our NUMEROUS cemetaries. Other than that:

 

Total irrelevance. 

 

Your snide little dig about Americans not being able to tell the difference between Paris and Rome is in the red zone on the stupidity meter, as there are probably more Italians in metro NY than Rome.

[Gecko123]

1 hour ago, frank83628 said:

Yes, that's why she was the leader of her party and almost won a couple of times.  You old gits are all the same, blinkered to anything other than the MSM narratives. 

First of all, you old git, I'm not an old git. I've been up since 3:30 this morning to take the dog on a 7 km run, and just came in the house after climbing up scaffolding to prune a large tree limb. As far as being "blinkered to anything other than MSM narratives" I pride myself on being an independent thinker, and quite often the MSM comes to similar conclusions long after they have occurred to me.

 

As an example, I recognized immediately Trump's authoritarian and fascist tendencies early on in his first term in office, the parallels between the tactics he was using and the tactics used by the National Socialists being blatantly obvious to anyone who has studied the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The MSM was probably equally aware of this from the outset of his term, but chose to quelch this quite accurate analysis as "inflammatory" until practically the end of his first term.

[Yagoda]

2 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

how about the US?

 

https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/us-resumes-russian-oil-imports-defies-sanctions-101705030907684.html

Controversy brews as the US resumes Russian oil imports amid sanctions.

 

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), the US imported 36,800 barrels of Russian oil in October and 9,900 barrels in November, worth $2.7 million and $749,500, respectively. The imports were made possible by specific licenses granted by the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which oversees the enforcement of sanctions.

 

The EIA data also revealed that the US paid a premium for the Russian oil, as one barrel cost $74 in October and $76 in November, well above the “price cap” of $60 per barrel set by the US and its allies in 2022.

 

https://www.newsweek.com/russia-oil-us-sanctions-imports-ukraine-war-2038626

 

Nayara Energy, a refiner backed by Rosneft, exported 124 million euros ($135 million) of oil refined from Russian crude to the U.S.—a clear majority of its total of $192 million in exports to the U.S.—from its Vadinar refinery in India between January 2024 to the end of January 2025.

Do you know why? 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

1 hour ago, BerndD said:

It's good that France is not like the US. In the USA, a criminal, a liar and a fraudster could become president

 

Oh really, is that why French President Nicolas Sarkozy was convicted of corruption and given a one year prison sentence on 30th September 2021 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

 

[CallumWK]

Just now, Yagoda said:

Do you know why? 

 

Sure you can enlighten all of us why the US import Russian oil, and why that is fine with you, while Germany should not be allowed

[Eric Loh]

Extract from The Guardian. Kudos. 

 

"The French justice system chose courage over surrender. The law was clear, and so was the court in its sentencing: no special treatment for Marine Le Pen, no deference to the powerful, no using a candidacy for office as an excuse to break the law with impunity."

 

US legal system submitted to the idea that the pursuit of justice and defence of the rule of law would create disunity. They lack courage to even protect the rule of law against an attempt coup détat and send the convicted felon to jail. Now US is in a sorry state and a global pariah.

[BerndD]

10 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/09/european-imports-of-liquefied-natural-gas-from-russia-at-record-levels

 

Germany et al.

 

They even try to hide it.

 

Y'all better hope Trump doesnt secondary sanction or you guys either will be freezing or waving nthe white flag.

 

In terms of gas, that's true. But not to other areas of trade. But "Germany at all" is not true: According to media reports, the EU is the largest LNG market for Russia. According to the report, Germany still obtains an estimated four percent of its gas from Russia, but 13% from the USA.

[frank83628]

8 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

First of all, you old git, I'm not an old git. I've been up since 3:30 this morning to take the dog on a 7 km run, and just came in the house after climbing up scaffolding to prune a large tree limb. As far as being "blinkered to anything other than MSM narratives" I pride myself on being an independent thinker, and quite often the MSM comes to similar conclusions long after they have occurred to me.

 

As an example, I recognized immediately Trump's authoritarian and fascist tendencies early on in his first term in office, the parallels between the tactics he was using and the tactics used by the National Socialists being blatantly obvious to anyone who has studied the rise of National Socialism in Germany. The MSM was probably equally aware of this from the outset of his term, but chose to quelch this quite accurate analysis as "inflammatory" until practically the end of his first term.

So, reading between the lines, you think Trump is Hilter, and you came to that conclusion while not seeing anything in the MSM suggesting the same

 

[Gecko123]

 

 

No...I think he's Hitler. 

[UWEB]

52 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

That does not happen in the USA

Yeah, the fascist Dictator of Western Russia has all under Control for now, no Democratic System left and free speech is dead.

[Yagoda]

12 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

Sure you can enlighten all of us why the US import Russian oil, and why that is fine with you, while Germany should not be allowed

1. Third party enforceble futures contract

2. Damages payment, in kind.

[Yagoda]

Just now, UWEB said:

Yeah, the fascist Dictator of Western Russia has all under Control for now, no Democratic System left and free speech is dead.

Who is the Fascist dictator of western russia? Vlad? Zelinsky? Neither have democracy or free speech. Whats your point?

[CallumWK]

1 minute ago, Yagoda said:

1. Third party enforceble futures contract

2. Damages payment, in kind.

 

And all that doesn't apply to Germany of course?

 

The US BANNED oil imports in 2022 by executive order, but they use their own loopholes, as they don't buy directly from Russia, but through third party, so your claims don't hold any ground.

And now your hero gonna add tariffs on Russian oil, which of course doesn't apply to his own imports, only to those of others

 

[Gecko123]

13 minutes ago, frank83628 said:

and you came to that conclusion while not seeing anything in the MSM suggesting the same

I find it disturbing that you seem to be incredulous that this could be the case. From the bottom of my heart, I can assure you that I am being 100% honest.

[candide]

2 hours ago, James105 said:

 

It's a thing for certain politicians in Europe yes, depending on their politics and how much of a threat they are to the establishment.  I presume that you are fine with Christine Lagarde facing no punishment at all for a far more significant criminal act than simply mis-assigning aides time to work on party business rather than EU business?

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/christine-lagarde-convicted-imf-head-found-guilty-of-negligence-in-fraud-trial-a7484586.html

 

Christine Lagarde convicted: IMF head found guilty of criminal charges over massive government payout

But former French finance minister, who faced potentially one year in jail, will not face any punishment

Not the same law...

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1 hour ago, Yagoda said:

I think its time to 50% tariff all products from France. 

 

Its going to be a long hot summer in Europe. 

Because America's vital interests are involved in this case? Funny how your standards for US engagement in Europe vary depending  on the issue in question.