🇫🇷 - Many things can happen if she is prevented from running:

She could retire from politics, after decades in the business, and let another party member run in 2027.

The group in the parliament could bring down the government in a vote of no confidence as a retaliation.

Macron could call new legislative/parliamentary elections in September.

Macron could pardon her, since in exchange she has enabled a centrist liberal to gain access to the Constitutional Council, as Macron wished.

As for potential demonstrations/protests, I'm sorry, but that's not happening. The French are taking to the streets over the price of gas and the retirement age, not because a politician has ended up in prison.

All those possibilities are interlinked, meaning the government may fall and then this would trigger new elections in September, or, the pardon could be issued in exchange of keeping the government alive until 2027.

🇷🇺 A gunman in Murmansk, Russia (not far away from Norway and Finland) opened fire on three police vehicles.

According to Baza, an unidentified individual opened fire from the roof of building No. 10 on Kolsky Avenue at two patrol police crews. In addition, a traffic police vehicle was also shot at. There are likely bullet holes in a civilian car as well, though this information is still being verified. According to preliminary reports, there are no casualties.

The type of weapon used by the shooter is being identified.

A "Zagorsk" security protocol has been initiated. The building from which the shooter is firing has been sealed off. Special forces are attempting to detain the man.

🇷🇺 Several people have reportedly been injured as a result of the shooting in Murmansk, according to eyewitnesses cited by SHOT.

Security forces are currently unable to reach the roof of the apartment building where the shooter is located, as access is blocked by a hatch. According to local residents, the nine-story dormitory has two exits to the roof, both of which are blocked; access is only possible via a vertical ladder. The last sounds of gunfire were heard by nearby residents about 10 minutes ago.

Update: the shooter has been wounded, arrested and is now being transported to a hospital. His motives remain unclear.

🇮🇷 Hundreds of Iranian ballistic missiles have been loaded into launchers at underground strategic bases across Iran and are ready to be launched in the event of any act of U.S. aggression against Tehran.

/Local Iranian media/

🇦🇲 - Pashinyan's ruling Civil Contract party faced a decisive rejection in Armenia's second-largest city during the elections. A total of 47,454 voters participated, representing 42.66% of eligible voters. Local media reported mysterious power outages, violations, and arrests throughout the process.

🇦🇲 - Armenian opposition forces secured a collective victory in the Gyumri municipal elections with 50.36% of the vote, while the ruling Civil Contract party received 36.39%.

TRUMP’S LIBERATION DAY EXPLAINED (also called by me Trump’s Big April Fish):


📑Tariffs Expand: New reciprocal tariffs hit imports worth trillions, targeting countries like the “Dirty 15” (e.g., China, EU) with high trade barriers; Canada/Mexico exemptions end, 25% rates kick in.

📈Prices Rise: Everyday goods—cars, electronics, food—get pricier as tariffs boost costs; inflation jumps (0.5%+), GDP dips (0.4%).

🧑‍🏭Jobs & Markets: Over 300,000 U.S. jobs at risk despite manufacturing hopes; stock markets swing wildly based on tariff details.

🇪🇺Global Backlash: EU slaps $28B in U.S. exports (April 13), others retaliate; supply chains reroute, costs climb.

💵Deals & Revenue: Some nations negotiate lower tariffs pre-deadline; U.S. gains $1.5T over a decade for potential tax cuts.

🇺🇸Trump’s Spin: Calls it a tough but needed fix to “liberate” U.S. from trade rip-offs; Congress may resist if fallout grows.

🇫🇷 - Marine Le Pen found guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds.

🇫🇷 - Note that the actual sentence is not yet known. For now she’s just guilty.

🇫🇷 - Sentences to be known shortly.

🇫🇷 - Marine Le Pen barred from running.

🇫🇷🇷🇺 - The Kremlin denounces a "violation of democratic norms".

🇫🇷 - This is the end of Le Pen’s political career, there is no recovery from that.

Le Pen banned from standing at next presidential election

Le Pen has been banned from standing at the next election, with the judge sentencing her to a five-year ban from politics.

She has been sentenced to four years in prison with two under an electronic bracelet and a 100,000 euro fine.

🇫🇷 - Marine Le Pen will address the people at 8 p.m. on national TV.

Calm down, this is the end of Le Pen, not the end of the movement. The party's flame will continue to guide tens of millions to victory. And when the flames of Italy and France unite, they will set the entire continent ablaze. That is the prophecy 🗣

🇺🇸🇱🇹 - The U.S. Army has announced that three deceased soldiers have been found in the vehicle following its recent recovery. The search for the fourth body continues.

🇫🇷 - French Prime Minister François Bayrou says he is "disturbed" by the court ruling.

🇫🇷 - Marine Le Pen rules out retirement from politics.

Je vais parler en français vu la situation.

Je comprenais pas pourquoi les français de droite quittaient la France.

Maintenant, je comprend.

Continuez de voter avec vos pieds, parce que le changement va pas venir demain la veille, le régime semble même en train de se verrouiller.

Nous au Québec, on a une industrie militaire très forte qui a besoin de cerveaux, on a des industrie aéronautiques, des entreprises en IA... les cerveaux français ont les prend.