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Under threat of ineligibility, Marine Le Pen at the time of choice
Threatened by a sentence of ineligibility which would destroy her Elysee ambitions for 2027, Marine Le Pen is playing for her political survival in the coming weeks. To regain control, the hypothesis of censoring the Barnier government this winter has gone from fanciful to probable.”The prosecution will accuse, which will not make me fall from my chair, a priori…” Tuesday evening, in the lounge of a Parisian palace where the release of Jordan Bardella's book was celebrated, Marine Le Pen wanted to convey the calm of the old troops, on the eve of the requisitions targeting her in the trial of the assistants of RN MEPs. The five years of imprisonment, including two fixed terms, a 300,000 euro fine and five years of ineligibility with immediate execution finally demanded on Wednesday by the prosecutors nevertheless made him waver somewhat. “The only thing that interested the prosecution was “was Marine Le Pen to be able to ask for her exclusion from political life (…) and then the National Rally to be able to ruin the party”, protested the one who had until then refused to describe this trial as “political” .The vice-president of the RN Sébastien Chenu agreed on Thursday, denouncing “a prosecution serving a political mission”. “What country would we live in where the main female politician (…) would be prevented from running.” His fellow MP Jean-Philippe Tanguy denounced quasi-fanatical requisitions” on France 2. – The Bardella appeal – Jordan Bardella, who is not being pursued, for his part saw in the conclusions of the prosecution as much “relentless ” that “an attack on democracy”. The president of the National Rally, 29 years old, appears above all more than ever as an appeal if the judges' decision – expected at the beginning of 2025 – followed these requisitions of ineligibility. Had he taken the ahead? Tuesday, on CNews, the champion of the last European elections had in any case explained that it was “the circumstances” which “determine” the best presidential candidacy. “It's obvious, it will depend on the circumstances and he has reason to say it”, Marine Le Pen immediately commented magnanimously, arguing that “a certain number of people are perhaps seeking to prevent me from being a candidate through the courts, because 'They can't get there through the ballot box.' “I see the smiles, the teeth sharpening on + Ah, if we could get rid of Marine +. And very bad news for them: even if you (do) succeed, you will not be able to get rid of Jordan. And I m “rejoiced about it”, she boasted again on Tuesday evening. “We are not preparing for the post-Marine Le Pen, we are preparing for the post-Emmanuel Macron”, however qualified Sébastien Chenu. – Threatening – Certainly, the severity of the sentence demanded is not a surprise. Tuesday evening, Philippe Olivier, advisor and brother-in-law of Marine Le Pen, outlined a retro-planning: “We will not let this happen. We will appeal to public opinion. And we will ten more points in the next legislative elections. The fact remains that the very idea of a provisional execution, that is to say that ineligibility is immediate and not suspended by an appeal, has not been fully anticipated. For Marine Le Pen, it is now a matter of regaining control. While Jordan Bardella is already enjoying the commercial success of his work with great promotion on the Bolloré group's channels – 25,000 copies sold in three days, according to those around him – the boss of the RN group at the National Assembly is wondering. The one who had committed not to automatically censure Prime Minister Michel Barnier, seeing only disadvantages in overthrowing a government before a new dissolution is possible – that is to say next July – suddenly threatening. “Yes, there is a path that has been made in my mind,” she says, warning that “those who are confident should not be so confident.” In private, his lieutenants decipher: “What held us back from voting on the motion of censure were two winning electorates, retirees and business leaders, who we feared would accuse us of irresponsibility if we blew up the government “But,” continues one of the same people, “these are now also asking us to censor”, adding their voices to those of “our historic election”. “Will we vote for a motion of censure? We will decide,” added Sébastien Chenu, assuring Thursday that there was “no direct link” with the legal threat weighing on Marine Le Pen.pab-lum/sde/sla
