Thousands of supporters of the National-Pulist Party have gathered this Sunday to protest against the conviction for corruption against the ultra-rightist Marine Le Pen, disabled for the presidential presidentials of 2027. “I’m not going to lower my arms,” The French assured, who denounced “the lies, slander and false processes” of which he has been subject. “It has not been a decision of justice, it has been a political decision“The leader of the National Group (RN, in French) cried out, among the ovations of militants and supporters of the party.
“They have stolen the choice, simply,” says Patrick, one of the protesters who has come to the call. Together with his Octogenarian Mother, who shows an cover of an ultraconservative magazine with the word in English ‘Hold-Up’ (robbery), the follower of Le Pen doubt that the appeal presented and that he has to be judged in 2026, before the elections, has a positive result for the national group leader (RN, in French). “The judges are politicized,” complains to EFE Patrick, in reference to the alleged bias of the magistrates, that RN himself has determined to point out.
Among the several thousand supporters of the National Populist Party gathered in the Plaza de Vauban, along with the invalids, there was a good number of young people, such as Loan Frangart, who considers that if Marine Le Pen cannot present his dolphin, Jordan Bardella (29 years old), is ready.
“He is unique that he can launch the national preference when hiring young diplomas like me, I am entitled in the audiovisual field and two years ago I can’t find a job,” complains this twenty -year -old in statements to statements to EFEmade a hundred meters from the invalids, where French personalities such as Napoleon Bonaparte are buried.
Le Pen advocates the “example” of Martin Luther King to guarantee peace
Prior to the demonstration, Le Pen, has asked the attendees of the concentration in their support that will begin this afternoon in Paris to follow “the example” of the American activist for civil rights Martin Luther King to guarantee the peace of the meeting.
“Our fight will be peaceful, democratic. We will take Martin Luther King as an example, who defended civil rights,” Le Pen has assured during an appearance by videoconference in a meeting of the ultra -rightist Italian party La Liga, by Matteo Salvini.
“We will use all possible legal means to compete in these presidential elections and defeat this attempt to end the democratic functioning of France,” he added, in statements collected by the chain BFMTV.
Disabled for five years
The verdict against Le Pen, disabled for five years after being found guilty of embezzlement, was described by the judged itself as a “bomba nuclear” delivered by “the system” to ruin their presidential expectations in 2027.
Le Pen was convicted by the Criminal Court of Paris for embezzlement of funds assigned to pay his assistants when she was deputy to the European Parliament. The Judges Panel determined that the attendees led the National Agenda of the National Group, instead of working in EU matters.
Le Pen was also convicted of inciting others to do the same with their own allocation, which raises the total embezzlement funds to approximately 4.4 million euros (4.8 million dollars). The Paris judges mentioned the risk of recidivism to justify the immediate prohibition of Le Pen. Both she and the party have denied accusations.
The representatives of National Group They have condemned violence and threats against the judges after the ruling And they have asked that today’s protest be peaceful, but this has not prevented the judges who issued the ruling on Le Pen need police protection due to personal threats against him, according to French media reports.
Insumisa France manifests against “the true face of the ultra -right”
Meanwhile, the French Radical Left party La France Insumisa has also come to demonstrate this Sunday, in a protest conceived as A “first answer” to the concentration organized by the Ultra -Right Party National Group.
The Secretary General of LFI, Manuel Bompard, has declared that the call in which his formation participates is a challenge to the “extreme right, which attacks democracy and the rule of law” after the tension unleashed by the verdict against Le Pen, which has jeopardized the personal security of the magistrates who issued it, according to French means.
“This is an opportunity to demonstrate that, when the extreme right shows its true face, National Group is a violent and dangerous party that threatens the judges,” he said at the beginning of the call, organized alongside the environmentalists.
“It’s a dangerous party,” Bompard has insisted in statements to the French media, “dangerous for democracy, dangerous for the rule of law and, when it attacks both, the people cannot leave it unanswered.”
