Nabila Ramdani is a French journalist and academic of Algerian descent. Fixing France: How to Repair a Broken Republic was published in paperback in May 2026.
The hollowness of the RN revolution became clear this week, when Marine Le Pen announced she would be standing again to become France’s head of state, despite a criminal conviction for embezzlement being upheld. In 2013, she had asked: ‘When will we implement a lifetime ban on holding office for anyone convicted of offences committed thanks to their mandate or while in office?’
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