"You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they may be." VADM James Stockdale, USN
Le Pen Is Back In The Game
French far-right party Rassemblement National (RN) party leader Marine Le Pen waves to supporters as she leaves a campaign gathering in the city hall of La Fleche, western central France, on July 8, 2026, a day after she announced her candidacy for the 2027 French presidential election despite an appeals court confirmed her embezzlement conviction. The Paris appeals court earlier on July 7 upheld a guilty verdict against the three-time presidential hopeful from the anti-immigration National Rally (RN) over a fake jobs scam at the European Parliament that diverted more than 2.8 million euros (more than $3 million) in EU funds. (Photo by FRED TANNEAU / AFP)
