In one of the video extracts broadcast by Mediapart, filmed on Saturday, the former leader of the far-right party is surrounded by musicians from Match Retour.
“I’m going to make you run red, stop being smart”
One of the members of the group sings a song composed especially for him: “I’m going to make you run redhead, stop playing smart, I’m going to catch you, you won’t go far”, says the chorus in reference to the homophobic remarks held by Jean-Marie Le Pen against a hostile activist during a trip to Mantes-la-Jolie (Yvelines) in 1997.
One of the members of the group wears a t-shirt which diverts a cliché of the Hitler Youth, trumpets and drums in hand.
The trial of Marine Le Pen and the RN for suspicion of embezzlement of European funds opens this Monday
According to Mediapart, Match Retour notably occurred, in May 2022, during a gathering in Sainte-Croix-aux-Mines (Haut-Rhin) in tribute to French SS killed by the French army in 1945. The group also organized, in November 2023, the clandestine “Rock antiwokisme” festival in Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère), which was held despite prefectural bans.
Marine Le Pen told AFP on Monday that she had filed a complaint for abuse of weakness against the group of musicians.
“It is established that (Jean-Marie Le Pen) is not capable of giving his consent to any act whatsoever,” observed the boss of the RN deputies, denouncing “scandalous behavior of those whom I I will go to court to convict him.”