A French appeals court upheld the conviction of far-right leader Jean-Marie Le Pen for assaulting a Socialist politician. But the court reduced his punishment, banning him from politics for one year instead of two. Le Pen lashed out at what he called the “hateful decision,” saying the decision was motivated to prevent him from leading his anti-immigrant and anti-Semitic National Front Party in next June’s elections for the European Parliament.
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