After airport workers in Germany, public transportation employees started a strike to improve their working conditions. Approximately 90,000 public bus, metro, and tram drivers in more than 80 cities stopped working as of the morning. The strike caused great trouble for many commuters and increased traffic density due to the involvement of more personal vehicles in the traffic. The strike ended at 10:00, and city traffic returned to normal around noon.
Marine Le Pen, a leading figure in the National Rally (RN) party in France, was found guilty of embezzling European Union (EU) funds that were supposed to be paid to party employees and was sentenced to four years in prison with two years suspended and a fine of 100,000 euros.
The court also imposed a 5-year political ban on Le Pen, which means she will not be able to run in the 2027 presidential elections.
Le Pen, who was President Emmanuel Macron’s main rival in the previous elections, had previously accused prosecutors of seeking her “political death.”
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