The ultra -rightist leader, Marine Le Pen, defended himself in a rally, after her condemns for corruption that will not allow you to present to the 2027 elections For the French presidency.
In the words of Le Pen, before thousands of supporters who gathered in the Plaza de Vauban, It has not been a decision of justice, it has been a political decision, and affirmed that this decision also mistreated the rule of law and democracy.
In addition, he assured that he would not lower his arms before “the lies, slander and false processes” of those accused. French politics also denounced before its supporters that this conviction was a way to eliminate it from political life and taking away the possibility of resorting to the immediate execution of its disqualification for a public office for five years, which she hopes to see reduced in an appeal of 2026, in order to be able to present to the elections in 2027, where according to the polls it would be the favorite.
This situation that Marine Le Pen defined how “The brutality” of the EU and the bias of the French Prosecutor’s Office, Not only does it remain within France, other political leaders of the extreme right such as the Argentine President, Javier Milei; Italian vice president Matteo Salvini; Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban, and also here in Spain, the leader of Vox, Santiago Abascal, showed his support for the French.
In the act where he gave his statements Le Pen, he mentioned Martin Luther King, The African -American pastor militant for the rights of African Americans killed in 1968 by a white segregationist. “Our battle will be (…) peaceful and democratic. We can say that the example comes from Martin Luther King, who talked about civil rights. And it is the rights of the French who have been discussed,” he denounced.
Before the intervention of the national group leader, it was the turn of Jordan Bardella, the most likely candidate of the party to the elections if the appeal of Le Pen does not prosper.
According to Bardella, the day the conviction was announced was “one black day in the history of France” and that it was “democracy” that was “executed.” He also avoided talking about any type of succession, showing complete fidelity to Le Pen.
Five years of inahilitation
After two months of judicial process, Marine Le Pen has been convicted of embezzlement of public funds in the European Parliament. The fixed penalty implies the Five years disqualification For public office. In addition, you must comply four years in prison, two of them firm, being able to carry an electronic bracelet, and has received a Fine of 100,000 euros.
The condemnation affects Le Pen and another eight euros of his party, declared guilty for the case of false jobs in the European Parliament: the court has estimated that The total damage was 2.9 million euros, Of which 474,000 euros are attributable to the ultra -right leader, by making the European Parliament “take over people who actually worked for the extreme right party.”
The French left divided
A few kilometers from the Vauban square, there was a progressive manifestation, in defense of the rule of law, Convened by the main force of the country, France Insumisa (LFI), and supported by the Greens.
It is estimated that there were less than 5,000 attendees, partly because Neither the Socialist Party (PS), nor the communist (PCF) supported the concentration, argued that they did not want to politicize a judicial issue.
Macronism attacks Le Pen
North of Paris, in the city of Saint-Denis cinema, Emmanuel Macron’s game celebrated a rally which was already planned since February, before the sentence against Le Pen was known.
The main speech was made by the party leader, the deputy and squeezed minister Gabriel Attal, who defended the condemnation of Le Pen In very hard terms: “If you steal, you pay. Especially when one is a political responsible.”
