On July 9, 2025, 20 armed French police raided the offices of the Rassemblement National (RN), France’s far right party. Two judges had opened a case against the party a year before, after receiving a tip that individuals might have loaned it money illegally. Many on the left rejoiced at this new legal hurdle faced by the RN, which came only months after Marine Le Pen, the former party leader and three-time presidential hopeful, was sentenced to a five-year ineligibility sentence following a trial on the embezzlement of EU funds.
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