The Trump administration is considering sanctions against three French magistrates, according to the German magazine Der Spiegel, causing concern within the French judiciary. The judges in question sentenced Marine Le Pen on March 31, 2025, to four years in prison, including two mandatory years, and five years of ineligibility for embezzlement of public funds.
On December 30, 2025, the weekly publication reported on its website anonymous accounts from former US administration officials who said that Washington intends to sanction European magistrates and officials suspected of targeting the far right in France or in Germany. Der Spiegel explicitly cited the case of the three French judges.
“If such claims were proven true or were to materialize,” declared Peimane Ghaleh-Marzban, the president of the Paris judicial court, on January 6 during a session welcoming new magistrates, “they would constitute unacceptable and intolerable interference in our country’s internal affairs, which should provoke condemnation from the public authorities.”
Wero is QR code based.
What do I do with a QR code if I don’t want a smartphone? Or if my battery is empty?
I can see way too many negatives compared to having a physical card. And as of now there’s no talk of a wero card. The only EU wide alternative to Visa and MasterCard right now is cash which isn’t always the best option either.
Cash or phones are still more secure than a chip & pin card. I’m afraid cards will go the way of the DVD.