€9m Russian loan to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen is called in

The assumption is that she is just a polite front for shadowy male power brokers who have her father’s viewpoints and affiliations. (Because Euro-dudes are so infinitely clever, yes? Every one of them a fucking Talleyrand!)

It may be a valid assessment. However, it hinges on the assumption that a right wing female is inevitably a puppet of the ultra-rightist men in her orbit. I see nothing to support this conceit. I suspect she is good, bad or indifferent on her own account.

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