Marine Le Pen and her colleagues are said to have embezzled EU funds for years. France’s right-wing populist leader doesn’t just risk conviction.
The towering courthouse in the Batignolles district of Paris looks how architects imagine the legal heart of a modern, cosmopolitan democracy: transparent glass facades on all floors, light-flooded corridors, light wood. An almost Scandinavian-like looseness determines the atmosphere, including the tone. “Be careful, I have nothing to do with Marine’s trial,” a young lawyer shouted with a laugh when she suddenly found herself surrounded by cameras. “I just happened to be here and I just want to get my robe!”
Source: Stern
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