Morning opening: this is not the end
Despite the non -Ambigo decision of the Court of Paris to prohibit Marine Le Pen From the execution for public offices for five years, with immediate effect, it is increasingly clear that this is not the end of this story.
The president of the far -right parliamentary group of extreme right -wing (RN) Marine Le Pen is seen on a monitor during a television interview broadcast on the evening evening of the French television channel TF1, in Paris. Photography: Jumeau Alexis/Abaca/Rex/ShutterstockSpeaking on TF1 last night, Le Pen said he would “pursue any legal path” that he could prevent himself from being “eliminated”. “I will not easily submit to a denial of democracy,” he said.
Le Pen, who did not find out that he personally benefited from the embezzlement, insisted on the fact that he had done nothing wrong. “I’m going to appeal because I’m innocent,” he said.
During the night, President of the United States Donald Trump He joined a growing list of populist and far -right leaders, including Hungary Viktor Orbán, Italy Matteo Salvini, and the Netherlands Geert Wilders – Offering their support to Le Pen, saying it was “a big problem”.
“I know everything, and many people thought it wouldn’t be condemned at all,” he said.
Elon Musk, The owner of the Tesla billionaire, who supported the far right in Germany and plays an important role in the Trump administration, said the The phrase against the pen “would return against Like the legal attacks against President Trump “.
And this morning, the close ally of the Le Pen party and the potential presidential candidate if it remains prohibited, National rally president Jordan Bardella He continued in the same way, loyally declaring his continuous support to Le Pen.
Jordan Bardella, leader of the far -right -wing National (RN) Rasblement National (RN), leaves the party’s headquarters in Paris last night. Photography: Adnan Farzat/Nurphoto/Rex/ShutterstockBy appearing on Europa1, he said that the French should be “outraged” by the decision and said the party will organize the manifestations and actions of leaves against the weekend decision.
He said that the decision was “disproportionate” and said that party law at a fair trial was violated since “the judges decided to eliminate exclusively the candidate of the national event from the presidential race”, according to the citations transported to the French media.
First polls asking French What they make of the decision show them I am deeply divided according to them.
A survey Elabe for BFMTV He showed that the plurality of 42% said they were satisfied with the decision, with 29% against, and 29% do not express strong opinions on the matter.
To the question more directly on their vision of the legal process, 57% said that it was normal, while 42% sided with the narrative of the NR which was a clear move to eliminate the pen from the 2027 race.
57% of the voters also indicated Bardella as an evident heir to Le Pen, with up to 87% of the NR voters who support his candidacy as the best alternative available.
For what it is worth, he said he would not even have that scenario until all the roads to challenge the ban were exhausted.
This story is not leaving And we will bring you all the updates along the road, as usual – together with all the other great stories of the day throughout Europe.
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