The only downside for the National Rally this fall: the trial of the parliamentary assistants of the National Front, which opens Monday September 30. Twenty-seven members of the RN – including Marine Le Pen as well as former MEPs – will appear before the Paris criminal court. Jordan Bardella is not concerned.
For the moment, the impact on the image of the RN remains limited. The party’s detractors did not wait for this trial to pillory it, while its supporters, convinced of judicial harassment, will undoubtedly not change their minds. Nevertheless, the trial will inevitably fuel the headlines for two months, at the risk of turning into a media soap opera.
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Politically, the consequences could be considerable. If Marine Le Pen “formally contests” the accusations, a conviction could jeopardize his candidacy for 2027, including the possibility of a sentence of ineligibility. In this hypothesis, appeals and cassation appeals could suspend the sentence, but the final outcome, in any case, will be known before the presidential election. “I do not imagine that justice could interfere to this extent in a democratic process as high as that of a presidential candidacy”confided Marine Le Pen to the JDD a few months ago, thus increasing the pressure on the judges.
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On the political level, the consequences could be considerable
The historic leader of the RN has already announced that she will be present in court on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon. “She resumes her lawyer’s dress, ready to dismantle the accusation point by pointconfides a relative. I sense her resolute, she wants to prove her innocence and show that this trial is above all political. » Until November, Marine Le Pen will battle on two fronts, in the Assembly chamber and in the Paris criminal court.
