Victor Goury-Laffont

Politics reporter @POLITICOEurope in Paris / [email protected]

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

A French court upheld far-right leader Marine Le Pen’s embezzlement conviction yesterday.

Yet she’s still running for president next year.

And that’s a big deal.

@Victorglaf explains why 👇

🔗 https://t.co/r1G5T2jWBs

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced today that she will run for president next year, despite being sentenced to one year with an ankle monitor earlier that same day. https://t.co/r1G5T2jWBs

[Clea Caulcutt @cleacaulcutt]

Read our blog for the blow by blow account of her verdict from our reporter @Victorglaf inside the courtroom https://t.co/0zTw9VhtBK

[Sophia Cai @SophiaCai99]

FULL timeline of the campaign to bring Balogun back, according to a half dozen U.S. government & soccer officials:
- Wednesday after U.S.-Bosnia match: Andrew Giuliani alerted Trump to the red card (Trump & Giuliani had been talking multiple times/week since start of World Cup and regularly before that.)
- Wed night: Giuliani, Lutnick and U.S. Soccer officials began activating on plans to challenge red card
- That kicked off 4 days of coordinated lobbying, legal maneuvering & diplomacy that stretched from Oval Office to Zurich
- On *Thursday* Trump dialed Gianni Infantino and asked abt FIFA’s rules around the red card decision and grounds for suspension. (They’ve known each other for 8 yrs.)
- FIFA declined to confirm any specific discussions but reiterated to POLITICO that the decision to suspend the one-match ban was made by an independent disciplinary committee.
- As U.S. Soccer’s legal team formally prepared & submitted its appeal to FIFA, Giuliani + Lutnick offered to make White House attorneys available to assist
- At the same time, Giuliani and Scott Goodwin — a hedge-fund manager who had helped pay the salary of Mauricio Pochettino — zeroed in on the officiating history of referee Raphael Claus
-Articles examining previous controversies involving Claus circulated among senior gov officials as they evaluated every argument that could bolster the appeal
- On FIFA side, Emilio García, who oversees the legal affairs of FIFA, advised Infantino on the available procedural options
- García + other FIFA officials worked to determine whether the circumstances of Balogun’s tackle met the narrow standards that would allow the disciplinary decision to be revisited
- By Sunday, FIFA announced that Balogun’s one-match suspension would be suspended
- FIFA insists that the decision was an independent one made by its 18-person disciplinary committee, but it would not say whether the decision was decided through a vote, and it has not published a report on the decision.

https://t.co/eXOOUkza6N

[Francis Letellier @letellier_ftv]

"Dimanche En Politique" #France3 via "Dimanchissime" @politico
Et merci @Victorglaf pour le mot de la fin

[Francis Letellier @letellier_ftv]

"Dimanche En Politique" #France3 via @politico @Victorglaf

[Pauline de Saint Remy @PauSR]

Ohoho 👀 Something’s cooking 🎙️

Playbook Paris, le podcast quotidien 🤩 - RDV le 1er juin @AnthLattier @POLITICOEurope @politico
https://t.co/x9fcqnQFah

[Giorgio Leali @gioleali]

📽️🇫🇷The National Rally wants to make drastic cuts to the funding system that has turned France into a promised land for filmmakers. As the Cannes festival starts, the cinema industry fears that Marine Le Pen's party will keep that promise.👇
https://t.co/35SXC933DE

[Anthony Lattier @AnthLattier]

Dans Playbook ce matin, une note interne à Place publique qui circule et qui embrasse Raphaël Glucksmann : elle préconise au candidat de ne pas cibler les catégories populaires, les jeunes et les banlieues.
L'euro député l'a mis à la poubelle, dit son équipe.

[Victor Goury-Laffont @Victorglaf]

Link:
https://t.co/CfwYpJkYua

[Victor Goury-Laffont @Victorglaf]

Despite strong polling figures, the French far right still has a ways to go before actually reaching power

And they're looking to the local elections next weekend as a launchpad ⬇️

[Francis Letellier @letellier_ftv]

Si vous avez manqué "Dimanche En Politique" aujourd'hui sur #France3 voici "Dimanchissime" @politico cc @Victorglaf

[Laura Kayali @LauKaya]

D'après l'Etat-major français, ce ne sont pas les bases 🇫🇷 au Moyen Orient mais bien une base 🇫🇷 en France (comme vous pouviez le lire dans Playbook https://t.co/rwOBNnMQAb) qui a été temporairement utilisée par des aéronefs américains.

[Laura Kayali @LauKaya]

With only 14 months left in power, Emmanuel Macron is in a race against the clock to chart how France can wield the full force of its nuclear arsenal to guarantee Europe's security.

Europeans’ expectations are very high. https://t.co/arzkCcrMq9

[Klara Durand @klaradurand_]

🤳 🧶La France insoumise propose désormais une conférence de presse hebdomadaire dédiée aux seuls influenceurs, une initiative qui rouvre l’épineuse question de leur statut face aux médias traditionnels. @POLITICOEurope
https://t.co/wXyWRMzb0U

[Anthony Lattier @AnthLattier]

5 candidats qualifiés au second tour à Paris dans le sondage @Cluster_17
@POLITICOEurope avec Sarah Knafo qui atteint, pour la première fois, 10% d'intentions de vote

https://t.co/wmw7goJdWc

[Marion Solletty @MSolletty]

🚨A senior policy adviser from the U.S. State Department asked a French magistrate last year whether she could intervene in Marine Le Pen's judicial case 🧵
https://t.co/WmPmnAmOSD

[Elisa Bertholomey @ebertholomey]

🔥 Une nouvelle plume a rejoint la team Dimanchissime ! @Victorglaf s'empare des rênes du supplément dominical de #PlaybookParis. Au menu : dissolution, Mercosur et municipales. A lire gratuitement juste là ➡️https://t.co/6iI10k0ZP2

[Victor Goury-Laffont @Victorglaf]

“Trump treats us like a colony — with his rhetoric, which isn’t a big deal, but especially economically and politically”
https://t.co/ly7hjFYsKX

[Victor Goury-Laffont @Victorglaf]

Grassroots populism VS. centrist-leaning social-liberalism

The French left has two very different options to try and stop a far-right takeover, with only one spot up for grabs.

My latest for @POLITICOEurope
https://t.co/Z5DW65IbtA