Rage is a strong political weapon and French far -right It has been trying for days to use to its advantage the perceived injustice of the judicial decision that excludes its symbolic leader, Marin Le Penfrom the 2027 presidential election in France.
The media are pustroughing out of indignation. ‘Be angry’one of Marin Le Pen’s MPs on French television was paralyzed, if one was not sure how to react, the BBC notes. However, it remains unclear whether Le Pen’s harsh penalty will broaden support for its party, the National Alarm (RN), or whether it will lead to a greater fragmentation of the French far -right. In any case, it has created a feverish climate in the country’s political circles.
Le Penn and her allies have stated that France’s institutions – and democracy itself – have been “executed”, are “dead“Or“abuse” The country’s judicial system has been converted into a ‘Political’ executive body, that intervenes in a shadow of the right of a nation to choose its leaders.
And Marin Le Pen has been widely presented – with almost absolute certainty – as the future president of France, as the most popular politician of the nation, who brutally stole her almost inevitable course to the Presidential Palace of the Champs Elysia.
‘The system launched a Nuclear bomb, and if it uses such a powerful weapon against us, it is obviously because we are ready to win the election. “Lew Penn said in a press conference, comparing herself to the poisoned, imprisoned and now dead Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny.
As France evaluates its latest political earthquakes, it has begun an unstable reaction.
There is no clear presidential candidate
Anxiety about the impact that the decision may have on the country’s fragile government coalition, the prime minister François Bairou admitted that he felt ‘concerned“After the condemnation of Le Penn and is worried about a possible” shock “in public opinion.
Other central politicians, however, adopted a stricter attitude, stressing the need for a clear distinction between the judicial system and the politics.
A first poll shows that the French public reacts calmly, dismantling – or at least weakening – the wave of indignation of the far -right national alarm. The investigation, conducted within a few hours of court ruling, showed that less than 1/3 of citizens (31%) considers the ban of Le Pen by participating in a public office.
Indicatively, this figure is lower than 37% of the French who had recently expressed interest in voting for the president.
In other words, many people who like her as a politician at the same time consider it reasonable that her violations should exclude her from office.
And let’s not forget, the French presidential elections are still two years away – an eternity in the current political climate.
THE Emmanuel Macron He has no right to claim another term and no clear alternative to the left or center has yet appeared. Le Pen’s percentage in its previous three failed presidential campaigns has increased steadily, but it is at least premature to be considered a certain winner in 2027.
Anyone who attended the trial of Le Penn and her colleagues were impartially could hardly conclude that the verdicts were unfair.
The elements of a huge and coordinated fraud against the European Parliament and its taxpayers included incriminating emails suggesting that officials knew exactly what they were doing and that their actions were illegal.
The fact that corruption served the party and not a personal gain does not change anything. Corruption is corruption.
As for the penalties imposed, it seems that Le Penn and her party made a strategic mistake in handling the case.
If they had recognized their events and mistakes and had worked for the rapid execution of the trial, instead of contributing to its ten -year delay, the judges – as they now made it clear – could have shown more leniency.
The judges themselves pointed out that Lepen did not show “No awareness of the need for honesty as an elected official.”
The future of French far -right
How this verdict affects the national alarm and the French far -right overall remains uncertain.
An immediate question is whether the national alarm will pursue to avenge quicklytrying to overthrow the Baire government, which could lead to early summer elections.
In the meantime, interest is turning to 29 -year -old Jordan Bardela, Possible successor to Le Pen, who could be the party candidate in 2027.
However, France has always had one Le Pen in the presidential election since 1988.
Maybe the story will remember this week as the moment Marin Le Pen’s fate was determined with one of them three ways: either as the first woman and far -right president of France which rose to power over the wave of rage, either as Candidate that was defeated four times in the French presidential election and eventually deprived of power because of the shadow of corruption, either as The politician who “fell” because of its own mistakes in a serious embezzlement scandal.
BBC information