Marine Le Pen spoke in the news of the 8 PM TF1 after being considered guilty of diversion of public funds in the case of parliamentary assistants of the National Front (current RN) in the European Parliament.
Condemned by the deviation of public funds in the case of parliamentary assistants of the National Front (current National Meeting) in the European Parliament, Marine Le Pen He was sentenced to four years in prisonof which two years can be transformed into the use of electronic bracelets, a fine of 100,000 euros and the Five years of inelegabilitywith provisional execution. This means that although the lawyer has announced that he will appeal the conviction, Marine Le Pen has no chance of resorting to the immediate application of his inelegability.
The consequences of this decision are of great reach: although a future decision is expected, Marine Le Pen will not be able to request any electoral act for a period of five years, which includes the presidential elections of 2027.
This decision racks the way for the candidacy of the current president of the party, Jordan BardellaTo the next presidential, a request that, in normal circumstances, would be at the height of Le Pen.
In this sense, Marine Le Pen commented that “Jordan Bardella is a formidable asset, but it is an asset that we do not want to use before what is necessary.” He also said that this conviction “does not represent, in any way, a withdrawal of political life.”
After the announcement of the verdict, the French leader of the extreme right and the RN team met in the afternoon at the headquarters of the match in Paris. The president of the party, Jordan Bardella, denounced “a democratic scandal”, stating that “a part of justice” was trying to “avoid Le Pen’s access by all means for Elisha.”
The RN appealed to a “popular and peaceful mobilization” of its voters and published support of support on the website of the party. “The dictatorship of the judges (…) wants to prevent the French people from expressing,” says the petition.
Marine Le Pen’s reaction on the TF1 news
In the TF1 channel of the 80 times newly arrived, Marine Le Pen denounced “a political decision” regarding the immediate application of its inelegability, qualifying it as “rape of the rule of law.”
He spoke of “a disastrous day for democracy,” stating that the French will not be able to vote for the “favorite of the presidential elections”.
“We are all innocent”, He said, confirming his intention to appeal, although he considers that the deadline is too short to be able to run for the presidential elections of 2027 if he wins the process.
International reactions
The leaders of the extreme right abroad were the first to react. “I’m marine”, Viktor OrbanHungarian prime minister and one of Le Pen’s allies immediately published in the X. “Don’t let us intimidate! We can’t stop!” Reacted to the leader of the Italian League and Vice Prime Minister, Matteo SalviniIn a statement. Us Netherlandsthe leader of the party of the extreme right party, Geert WildersHe also said he was “shocked” with the “extremely hard” verdict against Marine Le Pen.
TO Russia of Vladimir Putin He also expressed his support. “More and more European capitals are following the path of violation of democratic norms,” said Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskovin your instructions Diario to the press, in response to a question about the conviction of Marine Le Pen.
