The French authorities insist that the conviction of Marine Le Pen, which disqualifies the leader of the National Rally (RN) from standing for election as president of France, is not political. No, they say, it simply reflects the neutral ‘rule of law’ and the ‘independence of the judicial system.’

Really? Strange then, that supposedly ‘independent’ judges and officials across Europe and America have all reached remarkably similar verdicts against right-wing politicians. 

It looks less like judicial independence and the old-fashioned rule of law than a globalist establishment plot to use the courts as a political weapon against the rising national populist revolt. 

The serious fraud here is not Le Pen’s party allegedly embezzling EU funds. It is the liberal elites’ fraudulent claim that they are defending democracy—by denying people the freedom to vote for whom they choose.