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Bardella: French democracy has been executed

Jordan Bardella

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The president of the "National Rally" party, Jordan Bardella, has reacted to the decision of the court in Paris to find Marine Le Pen guilty of embezzlement of EU funds. 

"Today it is not only Marine Le Pen who is unjustly condemned: it is French democracy that has been executed," Bardella wrote on social media. 

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