Stacy Meichtry

Paris

Paris Bureau Chief at The Wall Street Journal

Paris Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal.

Articles

Europe Cajoles U.S. Into Talks Over Ukraine

6 days ago | wsj.com | Stacy Meichtry |Michael Gordon |Jane Lytvynenko

Emmanuel Macron hosted Steve Witkoff and Marco Rubio in attempt to carve out room for Europe in Washington’s talks with MoscowPARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron’s efforts to wedge Europe into negotiations between the U.S. and Russia over the future of Ukraine have begun to gain traction.
The Embezzlement Scheme That Led to Le Pen’s Elections Ban

1 week ago | tovima.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

PARIS— Marine Le Pen convened a meeting of her party’s European Parliament lawmakers in June 2014 to discuss a vital matter: how to spend the 6.5 million euros the European Union had earmarked for them to hire assistants. The sum was significant, more than double the entire payroll of Le Pen’s far-right party , then known as the National Front.
The Embezzlement Scheme That Led to Le Pen’s Elections Ban

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

“What Marine is asking us is equivalent to signing for fictitious jobs,” one of the lawmakers, Jean-Luc Schaffhauser, wrote in an email at the time to the party’s then-treasurer, Wallerand de Saint-Just.
The Embezzlement Scheme That Led to Le Pen’s Elections Ban

2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

14 hours agoFraud case a “hard blow” for Le Pen’s presidential bidJournalist Diane de Vignemont breaks down Marine Le Pen’s fraud conviction, her appeal and what it means for her future. Journalist Diane de Vignemont breaks down Marine Le Pen’s fraud conviction, her appeal and what it means for her future.
What Marine Le Pen’s Conviction Means for France’s Far Right

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

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仏極右ルペン氏に有罪判決、27年大統領選出馬不可に

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

【パリ】フランスの裁判所は31日、極右政党「国民連合（RN）」を実質的に率いるマリーヌ・ルペン氏に対し、欧州連合（EU）の資金を不正に使用したとして禁錮刑を下すとともに、次回の大統領選挙への出馬を禁止した。　ルペン氏は禁錮4年、執行猶予2年を言い渡された。さらに、今後5年にわたり公職に就くことを禁じられた。RNにとって逆風となる可能性がある。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Marine Le Pen Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

PARIS—A French court convicted Marine Le Pen of misusing European Union funds, sentencing her to prison and banning her from France’s next presidential election. Judges handed down a sentence Monday that bars Le Pen from seeking public office for the next five years, upending France’s political order and thrusting her far-right party into limbo. Le Pen also received a four-year prison sentence, half of which was suspended.
France's Le Pen Found Guilty Of Embezzlement

3 weeks ago | morningstar.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

By Noemie Bisserbe and Stacy Meichtry PARIS-A French court convicted Marine Le Pen of misusing European Union funds, tarnishing her decade-long effort to clean up her far-right party's image and prepare it to govern. The court ruled that Le Pen and other members of her party illegally used millions of euros in EU funding that were earmarked to assistants helping lawmakers in the European Parliament with their work.
Marine Le Pen Found Guilty of Embezzlement, Banned From Next Elections

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

The ruling takes Le Pen out of contention for the 2027 race, when President Emmanuel Macron finishes his second and final term and she was expected to be the front-runner. The court ruled that Le Pen and other members of her party illegally used 4.4 million euros, equivalent to $4.8 million, in EU funding that was earmarked for assistants helping lawmakers in the European Parliament with their work.
France’s Marine Le Pen Court Ruling Could Prevent the National Rally Politician From Running for President

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Noemie Bisserbe |Stacy Meichtry

PARIS—When judges reach a verdict in the embezzlement trial of Marine Le Pen on Monday, the fate of a politician with gravitational pull on France’s political system will be hanging in the balance. Prosecutors are seeking a five-year prison sentence and a five-year ban from running for public office for Le Pen, a penalty that would exclude her from the next presidential race and thrust her party, National Rally, into limbo.