[underseacables]

Really don't like this. It's smacks of corruption. I don't really care for Le Pen, she's not a good candidate, but the court should not be allowed to suspend someone from running for office. That's the voters job.

[eclecticfrank]

False, it's simply a requirement.

French law explicitly states that a candidate for an election must not be ineligible by reason of criminal conviction or judicial decision.

Should have thought about messing with EU funds before, I suppose.

[tick_tock_tick]

> French law explicitly states that a candidate for an election must not be ineligible by reason of criminal conviction or judicial decision.

Then French law needs to change; it's simply a requirement.

[OKRainbowKid]

Because some people on HN who most likely are neither French nor lawyers say so?

[rsynnott]

Prosecuting people for corruption is corruption?