French far right -wing politician Marine Le Pen condemned Monday in an interview for TF1 TV The “political decision” of the court with the alleged aim of preventing it in the presidential election in 2027, in which, according to the latest surveys, is a favorite.
Le Pen in the interview declared that The decision was violated by the principle of the rule of law. She added that the President of the Court acted on someone’s order and This was a political decision. Stated, that that is why she left the court before the judgment was filed, He writes TASR.
The politician believes that the judges in her case applied procedures that are “Reserved earlier for authoritarian regimes”. She claimed that the entire trial was based on “administrative disagreement with the European Parliament. There is no personal enrichment, no corruption, nothing like that”.
However, Le Monde reiterated that, according to the rules of the European Parliament, the assistants of the deputies must work in connection with the mandate of his deputy. Anything related to national policy is excluded. In the case of Le Pen, the court stated that Le Penová and nine officials on her side of the National Association (RN) abused the European Parliament’s funding for the employment of assistants who actually worked for RN. The court estimated that they used EUR 2.9 million.
However, Le Pen in an interview for TF1 again declared that It is innocent and that he will appeal against the judgment.
Her lawyer Rodolphe Bosselut in an interview for BFMTV TV called In order for the Court of Appeal to take place as soon as possible, before 2027. The lawyer is convinced that there is a “legal way” so that Le Pen can run in 2027 on the basis of an appeal and to cancel its non -conservation. “We will not be idle to see what is a scandalous situation in every respect,” he continued.
In an interview for TF1 Le Pen spoke The assumption that the whole case in which she was prosecuted along with party colleagues is their political opponents.
She assured that her condemnation “by no means” means her departure from political life. She added that the chairman of the National Association (RN) Jordan Bardella “is a huge benefit for the movement”.
At the same time, she described as a “catastrophic day” for French democracy Even for the country itself, because the judge of the Court of First Instance deprived millions of the French for a candidate, which is considered a favorite of the presidential election.
On Monday, the court in Paris, with immediate validity, banned from applying for public office. This ban will last five years. At the same time, she was sentenced to four years of imprisonment under the embezzlement. However, Le Pen is not in prison: during two years her sentence will be conditional, the next two years should have an electronic bracelet. At the same time, the court ordered her to pay a fine of EUR 100,000.
