Marine Le Pen ineligible in 2027? Gérald Darmanin would be “shocked”

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She assures that she does not “violated no rules” and there is no “0 proof”. However, the prosecution requested, this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, a sentence of five years in prison, of which two years can be adjusted, and a sentence of ineligibility of five years against Marine Le Pen.

The leader of the National Rally, the main opposition party in France, is cited, along with several of her colleagues from the far-right party, in a case of fictitious employment of European parliamentary assistants.

On his X account (formerly Twitter), the former Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin, gave him his support.

Automatic punishment

“It would be deeply shocking if Marine Le Pen were deemed ineligible and, thus, could not stand before the vote of the French,” said the man who is now a member of the 10^e Northern constituency, at home in Tourcoing.

According to him, “fighting Madame Le Pen is done at the ballot box, not elsewhere. If the court judges that she must be condemned, she cannot be condemned electorally, without the expression of the People.”

A somewhat surprising position, to the extent that, if the facts are proven, Marine Le Pen as well as the FN and then the RN, have indeed deviated from the law, by paying advisers for the party to the torch with emoluments intended for the European Parliament. Misappropriation of public funds, to summarize.

“Let us not be afraid of democracy and let us avoid widening, even further, the difference between the “elites” and the immense majority of our fellow citizens,” concludes Gérald Darmanin.

As a reminder, the additional penalty of ineligibility is a measure of French law. It applies automatically in certain cases. The current trial and the facts with which far-right elected officials are accused are part of this.

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