The decision handed down by the Paris Criminal Court against Marine Le Pen is severe (four years in prison, two of which are custodial sentences to be served under electronic surveillance, a fine of 100,000 euros, and a five-year ban on holding public office with provisional enforcement).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not so much the sentence itself, given the seriousness of the facts, but rather the provisional execution ordered. Indeed, the front-runner in the presidential election could be forced not to stand (barring a presidential pardon).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, this decision is a welcome one because it reveals that the French far right\u2026 remains the far right. While Marine Le Pen may have, in certain respects, provided guarantees of realism or relative moderation, that is not the case for her inner circle and her base. The reactions of the RN heavyweights and the identitarians calling into question the judicial system as a whole and putting a target on the magistrate behind the verdict are disgraceful. True to form, the leopard cannot change its spots. Those who claimed to be exemplary and could not find harsh enough words to denounce political corruption have demonstrated their hypocrisy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The widespread hypocrisy of those who shed crocodile tears over this verdict while secretly jubilant is flagrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bardella tout d\u2019abord. Celui qui a r\u00e9v\u00e9l\u00e9 la vacuit\u00e9 totale de sa pens\u00e9e politique\u00a0durant l\u2019entre-deux-tours des \u00e9lections l\u00e9gislatives, qui n\u2019a jamais travaill\u00e9 en dehors du s\u00e9rail politique, se sent pousser des ailes. Disons-le clairement, il n\u2019a pas la moindre chance de tenir le choc d\u2019une \u00e9lection pr\u00e9sidentielle et l\u2019imposture politique serait vite d\u00e9masqu\u00e9e.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Zemmour-Knafo duo are over the moon. In high spirits thanks to the daily platform afforded to them by Bollor\u00e9land, they believe they are in a position to launch a takeover bid for the RN. But, fortunately, Bollor\u00e9land is not France, and it is likely that the 7% votes Zemmour secured in 2002 \u2013 despite an extremely costly campaign \u2013 represent a glass ceiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, Marion Mar\u00e9chal-Le Pen would have had a better chance than Bardella, despite her inexperience. But she betrayed at the wrong time. Treason in politics is unforgivable when it is done in favour of the loser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The political elimination of Marine Le Pen, should it be confirmed, would very likely benefit Bruno Retailleau. The rhetoric is identical, with an additional clerical and anti-secular touch for the Minister of the Interior. Bruno Retailleau is in a position to achieve the \u00abunion of the right\u00bb, which in reality is the integration of a shrivelled populist right within the far right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The support received from all quarters by the American and European far-rights shows that there is a global coordination, an international of populists, now led by Trump (replacing Putin) and his entourage in order to bring to power, in Europe, regimes that are politically similar and totally subservient to the parent company. The RN, which has completely mutated in its foreign policy under the impetus of Bardella, has become nothing more or less than a political grouping entirely subservient to Trump, Netanyahu and NATO. Proof of this is the complete lack of reaction when two French gendarmes were knocked to the ground and mistreated by Israeli security forces in Jerusalem: zero reaction. As for Reconqu\u00eate, the frantic quest for closeness, even via the back stairs, to a Trump label disqualifies it from embodying a sovereign France. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The French far right now serves foreign interests. Its agenda is no longer national, but at the service of a coalition orchestrated from abroad to destroy the democratic foundations of European nations. And particularly those of that unruly French Republic which, in the past, when it was led by great men, was able to carry a humanist message with a global vocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It remains to be seen who will be the candidate best able to occupy the central and not centrist ground. Dominique de Villepin, should he decide to run, would very likely be that person.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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