French far -right leader Jordan Bardela urged people to gather in downtown Paris on Sunday in protest of a decision that banned Marine Le Pen from running for a public office for five years.
Le Pen's offer to become the next French president in 2027 was a dramatic blow on Monday when the judges said it was at the heart of an operation that saw the appropriation of 2.9 million euros ($ 3.4 million; $ 2.5 million in pounds) between 2004 and 2016.
It may appeal, but the ban has an immediate effect and the process of appeal can take some time, leaving it only a thin hope to run for the presidency.
Bardela, the President of the National Relid Party (RN), said the French should be “outraged” by the sentence.
“We'll take to the street this weekend,” Bardela added during a press conference on Tuesday, calling for “democratic, calm, calm mobilization.” The first event is scheduled for Vuban's place near the Eiffel Tower on Sunday.
Sitting next to him, Le Pen said a “nuclear bomb” used against RN was used to stop the party from entering power.
The longtime figure of the French far right added that the “system” used a “powerful weapon” against RN, “obviously because we are about to win the election.”
“We won't let them get out,” she added. People had to use their “outrage and injury” to motivate them to persist: “We will stay until the end, to the victory.”
Earlier on Tuesday, Bardela condemned the “judges' tyranny” and said that “everything is done to prevent us from reaching power.”
He also criticized the insults that the judges received after the sentence of Monday, as well as Le Pen, who said that any threats to magistrates were “unacceptable”.
They sound Remy Hititz, the Prosecutor General at the Court of the Cascacy – the highest court in France – who said early on Tuesday that there were “many personalized attacks” and threats against the three judges who set the sentences on Monday.
Referring to a police source, Le Figaro reported that Bénédicte de Perthuis, the presidential judge in the LE Pen case, was defense after threats.
Le Pen was preparing to run for president for the fourth time and had a great chance to win. She is obviously reluctant to hand over the stick of Jordan Bardela, which at 29 is seen by some as the lack of experience needed to hold the highest position in France.
Because it is managed unacceptable, Le Pen said she would not “let herself be eliminated.” At this stage, Bardela was directed to embark on the discussion, refusing to say whether he was a “plan B” of the national rally.
However, RN spokesman Laurent Jacobeli said that although the party would fight to have Le Pen for a candidate, Bardela was the “most naturally legitimate” alternative.
Voters can agree. A poll, published the day before Le Pen was condemned, showed that about 60% of RN voters would support Bardela over Le Pen in the presidential election if he was running and that he would go to the top with up to 36% of the total vote.
Le Pen gathered the support of several right -wingers in Europe and then, including Victor Orban and US President Donald Trump, who said her sentence was a “very big job”.
And Italian Prime Minister Jorgy Meloni said that “no one who is interested in democracy can enjoy a sentence that … deprives millions of citizens of representation.”
Along with the ban on running for a public office, Le Pen also received a fine of EUR 100,000 (82,635 British pounds) and a four -year sentence, of which two will be terminated.
This will not be applied until the appeal process is exhausted, which may take several years.