“Political ruling,” the French court’s verdict described the far -right leader who judged her, imposing her, among other things, the penalty of deprivation of his right to be elected for five years.
In her first interview with TF1 a few hours after the decision, Marin Lepen noted that she was deliberately designed to prevent her from claiming the presidency in 2027.
She spoke of a “black day for democracy”, noting that polls say that it is currently the dominant in the upcoming presidential race.
“It’s not just me being excluded from the presidency,” he adds. “They are millions of French citizens whose vote has just been removed.”
Marin Lepen said she would appeal as soon as possible as she said “we are all innocent” (23 defendants, including former MEPs and now).
Asked why he left the court before he even heard the judge speak the ruling, he said: “I didn’t need to hear more”, since “I understood what was going on.”
Lepen was also asked about the perspective of Jordan Bardela, the 29 -year -old who will be a candidate in her place if the court sentence is not falling.
“Bardela is a great advantage for the party,” he said, but added that “I will not go out so easily out of the race.” “There are millions of French who believe in me. I’ve been fighting for them for 30 years, “he said.
However, the far -right leader said he did not intend to request a “presidential grace” from Emmanuel Macron. “I believe in the ability of an appeal to analyze this case with neutrality and to ensure that we have not committed embezzlement for the same benefit,” he said.
Reactions to Lepen
Their support for Marin Lapen after being convicted by the Paris court was expressed by political parties and people from the far -right, both in France and the rest of Europe.
The first international reaction came from Moscow where Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Petskov said that “more and more European capitals are choosing the path of violating the rules of the Republic.”
At the same wavelength, far -right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Lepen’s solidarity in Italy Matteo Salvini Vice President Matteo Salvini said that the French Justice decision was “inspired by the European Union” “Shocked” by the “extremely harsh ruling of the French court”.
Inside France, almost all the personalities moving in the far right expressed their support to Marin Lepen with the first party president of Zordan Bardela, who said that “today Marin Lepen was not unjustly condemned, but the French was executed.”
Concerning the rest of France’s political parties, Rebupe MP Francois Xavier Belamy said that “no political positioning puts a person over the laws”.
In the left, Jean Lyk Melanson said that “politicians are judged in the polls”, while the parties of the Socialists and Ecologists emphasized that “when one steals the money of the French must be punished” and that “justice must be the same for those who are not the same for those who are elected.”
