The increasingly unpopular Globalist leaders in Europe have unveiled their new tactic against the surging right-wing/patriotic/populist forces: lawfare.
In Romania, in France, maybe now in Germany… the playbook is the same – but the people don’t seem to be quite supporting ‘the trend’.
After leading candidate for next French Presidential election Marine Le Pen was convicted of ‘embezzling public funds’ and banned from running for office, she stood defiant today before a crowd that was tens of thousands strong.
She stated that she had fought against injustice for 30 years, and will not back down now.
Associated Press reported:
“Thousands of supporters gathered at Place Vauban, near the golden dome of Les Invalides and the tomb of Napoleon, for what was billed as a protest — but observers said it had all the markings of a campaign rally.
The National Rally, Le Pen’s party, organized the event in response to what it calls a politically motivated verdict. But with chants of “Marine Présidente!” and “They won’t steal 2027 from us,” the message was clear: this was more than a protest. It was a show of populist defiance aimed squarely at France’s institutions.”
“At the heart of that charge stood Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s 29-year-old protégé and president of the National Rally. His speech was fiery, accusing France’s judges of trying to silence the opposition.
‘March 29 was a dark day for France’, he said, referencing the date of Le Pen’s conviction. ‘The people must be free to choose their leaders — without interference from political judges’.”
While it’s true that on the other side of the Seine a counter-rally was led by left-wing parties, even the Globalist AP has to admit it gathered but a few hundred people.
Thousands of people gathered in Paris on Sunday to protest the court decision effectively banning National Rally leader Marine Le Pen from running in the 2027 presidential election, in which she is the undisputed frontrunner.
According to organisers, an estimated ten thousand people descended upon the Place Vauban square outside the Hôtel des Invalides complex in Paris, notable for being the location of Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb. They showed their support for National Rally leader Marine Le Pen after a court banned her from standing in elections for five years over alleged embezzlement of EU funds, a ruling that she has appealed.
Ahead of the demonstration, Mrs Le Pen vowed that protests against the election ban would be a “peaceful” and “democratic fight” that would be inspired by the peaceful civil disobedience of figures like Martin Luther King Jr. in the United States.
Addressing the crowd at the Place Vauban, Le Pen said, per Le Figaro, “Everyone, be reassured: I won’t give up.”
She denounced “the perverse game” of the “persecution of opponents, criminalisation of opponents, the desire to ruin opposition parties with a single objective: to keep power while leading the country to chaos.”
“Our fight is also a fight for civil rights. Because there are clearly several categories of citizens [in France],” Le Pen said.
“To do this, we intend to invite all freedom-loving French people to engage alongside us in peaceful, democratic, popular and patriotic resistance,” she said.
Le Pen argued that the ruling against her, which has been criticised on both the left and right, represented interference in the democratic process by the judicial branch, saying: “We do not contest justice, but demand that these deviations unworthy of democracy stop. I say it again and again: we are the most fervent about democracy and the rule of law.”
The president of the National Rally and expected successor to Le Pen, Jordan Bardella, told those gathered: “They wanted to turn off a voice, but they woke up the people of France.”
“We have the imperative responsibility to never back down,” the MEP said. “Because we embody this proud, rooted France, determined to reconquer its sovereignty, defend its identity, and preserve its unity. I tell our adversaries: we are and will be here tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.”
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