French judges alarmed by rumors of US sanctioning magistrates who sentenced Le Pen
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Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban, the president of the Paris judicial court, spoke out to condemn what he called 'unacceptable interference.' His remarks followed revelations in the German press about the possibility that the United States might sanction the French judges who sentenced Marine Le Pen.

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The Trump administration is considering sanctions against three French magistrates, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel, causing concern within the French judiciary. The judges in question sentenced Marine Le Pen on March 31, 2025, to four years in prison, including two mandatory years, and five years of ineligibility for embezzlement of public funds.

On December 30, 2025, the weekly publication reported on its website anonymous accounts from former US administration officials who said that Washington intends to sanction European magistrates and officials suspected of targeting the far right in France or in Germany. Der Spiegel explicitly cited the case of the three French judges.

“If such claims were proven true or were to materialize,” declared Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban, the president of the Paris judicial court, on January 6 during a session welcoming new magistrates, “they would constitute unacceptable and intolerable interference in our country’s internal affairs, which should provoke condemnation from the public authorities.”

  • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Okay, so how do I actually use a Wero card in a physical store? And without an American controlled phone OS, since right now all of Wero lives in the banks’ apps and there’s no actual card?

    We also have other payment systems, like the EC cards in Germany.

    Never heard of it, so it won’t work in my country. Visa and Mastercard only. Those are the only ones that are truly EU-wide.

    • Tja@programming.devEnglish
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      2 days ago

      Okay, so how do I actually use a Wero card in a physical store

      You can’t, yet. However, the original claim was…

      We’re not even talking about building our own alternatives

      Which is not true. We are talking about it, even working on it. Needs a few years, tho.

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Last I heard there’s still no talk of a Wero solution that works without a phone though. No card, only apps and those only run on American-approved phones.

        • Renohren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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          2 days ago

          About the “only run on American approved phones”: not really. They work on most phones (and the number of degoogled OS is growing) and banking apps not using NFC often DO work on those phones. You only need to lock the bootloader, not root and use microg. A few companies now sell refurbished (or even new) phones equipped this way so your average non-techie can buy a geopolitically agnostic phone.

          • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
            1·
            2 days ago

            Many banking apps require play services too unfortunately. You’d then have to switch banks based on who doesn’t.

            Also how do you make NFC payments without NFC? Or more generally, with no NFC and no card, how do you pay IRL?

              • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                2 days ago

                What do I do with a QR code if I don’t want a smartphone? Or if my battery is empty?

                I can see way too many negatives compared to having a physical card. And as of now there’s no talk of a wero card. The only EU wide alternative to Visa and MasterCard right now is cash which isn’t always the best option either.

                • Renohren@lemmy.todayEnglish
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                  1 day ago

                  Cash or phones are still more secure than a chip & pin card. I’m afraid cards will go the way of the DVD.

                  • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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                    1 day ago

                    Cash is less secure than a card if someone has physical access to you, it has NO auth.

                    I can’t imagine cards going away while old people still exist. And by old I mean I’m 30 and you’ll have to pry my cards from my cold dead hands. I don’t want to go cash-only and I don’t want to be restricted to being able to pay if my phone has any battery left and runs a bank-approved OS.