It is an audience that will take place in the shadow of the vote of confidence for François Bayrou, but that, despite everything, should have significant repercussions.
This Monday, September 8, the Paris Court of Appeals will define the dates of the appeal trial known as “parliamentary assistants of the National Front”, during a repair hearing, scheduled for 1:30 pm its objective? Determine the contours of the test and in particular the period in which it will take place. These dates represent an extremely important issue for the defendants.
In the first instance, Marine Le Pen had been sentenced, on March 31, to four years in prison, of which two years were firm, organized under electronic bracelet, but also and especially 5 years of inelegability, with immediate execution. He had immediately asked, as 12 (24) from his co -consciousness, hence the need for a second judgment.
“We would ask us a big problem”
The date of the fixing hearing has fallen well, because it will be especially a matter of the vote of trust and little of the judicial affairs of the members of the national rally. “It is François Bayrou’s farewell gift,” jokes a relative from Marine Le Pen.
On the other hand, the election of the date of the appeal trial is much more fear of the members of the distant party. “There is a political tone for this trial that if it falls during the municipal elections (the vote will take place on March 15 and 22, 2026, note) that would raise a big problem,” said an advisor to the President of the RN Group in the National Assembly.
According to BFMTV’s information, the prosecutor’s office hinted, during a preparatory meeting, which was considering this trial in early 2026, in January or February.
In this meeting, the defendants’ lawyers expressed disapproval. “Imagine hell for Louis Aliot. He will be warned and candidate in Perpignan at the same time. How could you campaign?” Breathe one of them.
Louis Aliot had been sentenced to 18 months in prison, six of which were close, directly adjusted under electronic bracelet and three years of inelegability, without an immediate application. He also called.
New witnesses?
Therefore, several lawyers begged that this appeal trial was held as of April 2026 to avoid political-judicial accumulation. However, they think they have little chances of being heard. “We have written a lot about the subject, we talk a lot, but we have the feeling of having angry a lot in a violin,” said one of them.
The other issue of this repair audience is the duration of the trial. If only half of the defendants will appeal, the debates should not necessarily be shorter than in the first instance (nine weeks).
In fact, according to BFMTV information, the public prosecutor’s office said the debates are technical, they provided a large calendar. And, above all, the lawyers of the national demonstration are thinking of citing new witnesses. “We are thinking about that,” said Rodolphe Bosselut, lawyer for Marine Le Pen.
While he hoped to know the dates and the duration of the trial, Marine Le Pen has already begun to prepare.
“There are two cells in which they work” entrusts a strategist to continue: “The historical cell of our lawyers […] And a second cell that works more in the shadows. “These are lawyers, specialists and former judges who did not join the RN” but who found the decision and their justification a bit baroque. “
“We have a guardian angel”
Whether it takes place during or after the municipal elections, the trial will have a very significant impact on the national demonstration and, in particular, in Marine Le Pen. If you are condemned to inelegability again, will you have the absence of provisional execution? Or at least, a provisional execution already purged? Some want to believe in the possibility of a presidential candidacy.
“I don’t know exactly how, but I think she will be a candidate. At the end of the ends, we will be done. We have a guardian angel, we always leave bad situations,” said a party manager.
Before this deadline, there are many months in which political life will be agitated. Starting with the vote of trust on Monday and a possible reorganization. Could Marine Le Pen become Prime Minister, in case of resignation of François Bayrou? “It won’t happen, it’s president or anything,” says the same frame.
Source: BFM TV
