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

    So even less useful then? Nobody needs PayPal when you have SEPA already. Unless you need to send money to outside of the SEPA coverage area, in which case I don’t think Wero will help much because it has an even smaller coverage area than SEPA.

    It’s MasterCard and Visa that need a real replacement. I can’t pay in a shop using the money in my bank account without the US being involved. Only cash allows for that right now.

    • MrMakabar@slrpnk.netEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      A lot of countries have local debit cards, which work for local shops and allow you to withdraw money. For France that would be Carte Bancaire (CB) for example. The obvious solution would be to link all of them up. Preferably with a common standard to be issued with new cards. There are co branded ones with Visa and MasterCard, so it should be possible.

      • Suriel@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 days ago

        Yup. In Poland we have Blik, and can use a code to pay in physical stores and webstores. We can also use it to transfer money directly to a phone number linked to bank account. Only contact less payments use Visa/Mastercard

      • boonhet@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        The obvious solution would be to link all of them up. Preferably with a common standard to be issued with new cards

        You’ve already made more progress here than the EU.

        My country doesn’t have a local debit card. It doesn’t need one either because the population is a million and change, but an European alternative that could also be used in, at the very least, other European countries, would be awesome. And if common tourist destinations outside of Europe also start accepting this fictional new European payment card network, I think 99% of Europeans would no longer need a Visa or Mastercard.