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FRANCE'S FAR RIGHT HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY BY PUSHING A NATIONALIST & ANTI-IMMIGRATION AGENDA

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“AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN LEADERS GATHER IN GHANA TO PUSH THE DEBATE BEYOND APOLOGIES AND TOWARDS REPARATORY JUSTICE”

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Le Pen's ban echoes France's 1958 rule barring convicted officials.

France's Fifth Republic constitution, drafted under De Gaulle, established provisions to remove convicted officials from public life. Le Pen's 5-year ban from office is one of the most significant applications of this principle against a presidential frontrunner.

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Based at Toulouse Capitole University, she specializes in how French constitutional and public law governs individual rights — making her a key voice on legal debates around secularism, discrimination, and state power in France.

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