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Marine Le Pen after the requisitions in the affair of parliamentary assistants at the European Parliament, November 13, 2024.
POLITICS – They denounce partial justice. Many elected officials from the National Rally (RN) expressed their dissatisfaction after the requisitions against Marine Le Pen at the trial of parliamentary assistants at the European Parliament, this Wednesday, November 13.
The prosecution requested five years in prison, two of which could be suspended, and a five-year ineligibility sentence against the MP and leader of the RN in the Assembly. A fine of 300,000 euros was also requested against him.
The former president of the RN was the first to denounce as she left the court the “ violence » et « excess » requisitions. “ The only thing that interested the prosecution was Marine Le Pen to be able to request her exclusion from political life (..) and then the National Rally to be able to ruin the party”she asserted.
“Anticipatory coup”
In the process, the president of the party and MEP Jordan Bardella, not worried in this affair, estimated on “in the relentlessness and revenge against Marine Le Pen”. He also claimed that these “scandalous requisitions aim to deprive millions of French people of their vote in 2027” and denounced “an attack on democracy”.
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The Var deputy Philippe Schreck did not hold back his blows either, judging that it was a “anticipatory coup”. “Faced with politicized judges, the French must stand up”he added. Same observation for his Pas-de-Calais colleague Bruno Clavet: “The prosecution clearly wants to circumvent the democratic and electoral process by eliminating Marine Le Pen and ruining the RN. »
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The deputy from the North Matthieu says the same thing using other words, describing the prosecution as “biased and demented”. Less direct, the vice-president of the RN in the Assembly Laurent Jacobelli pointed the finger at ” system “ in its entirety including “the last tremors (…) are pathetic”. They all say they provide unfailing support for their leader and promise in unison in a well-orchestrated campaign on social networks: “You will not silence us. »
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