Elon Musk was placed on the conviction against Marin Le Pen, taking the part of the far -right politician.

In his post he states: “When the radical left cannot win through democratic vote, the legal system is abuse to imprison their opponents.

This is their fixed strategy around the world. “

Kremlin for Lepen’s condemnation: “Violation of Democratic Rules” – Orban: “Je suis marine!”

Immediately reacted the Kremlin to Marin Lepen’s conviction for embezzlement of Community funds with which it lacks of the right to be elected.

The first reaction after the Paris court’s verdict came from Moscow and Dmitry Peskov.

Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, on the sidelines of a press conference, expressed his regret, talking about “Violation of democratic rules”.

“More and more European capitals are following the path of violating democratic rules” Peskov said in response to a question by TASS.

For his part, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban expressed his solidarity with Lepen in a social media post. “Je suis marine!” (I’m Marin!) He reports characteristically in X before reading the verdict is completed.

Je suis marine! @Mlp_officiel

– Orbán Viktor (@pm_viktorban) March 31, 2025

Bardelas: “Today they executed the French Republic”

National Coalition leader Zordan Bardela – who arrived at the party’s headquarters shortly to meet with Marin Lepen – reacted strongly to her conviction, with a post on social media:

“Today, it’s not just Marin Lepen who is unjustly convicted: it is the French Republic that was executed” denotes characteristics.

Aujourd’hui, CE n’est pas seulement marine le pen qui est injustement condamnée: c’est la démocratie française qui est exécutée.#Jesoutiensmarine

– Jordan Bardella (@j_bardella) March 31, 2025

Salvini: “Bad Movie and Declaration of War by Brussels”

Italian Vice President Matteo Salvini also reacted to the decision to condemn Marin Lepen with a deprivation of her political rights. Salvini recalled that the Romanian constitutional court annulled the outcome of the first round of presidential election with the far -right candidate.

In his post on social media he said:

“Those who are afraid of the voters’ crisis often find confirmation in the judgment of the courts.

“In Paris they condemned Marin Lepen and would like to exclude her from political life. A bad movie we see in other countries like Romania.

“This decision against Marin Lepen is a declaration of war from Brussels, at a time when von der Laien and Macron’s war impulses are terrifying.

“We will not be scared, we will not stop: my girlfriend!”

CEUX QUI CRAIGNENT LE JUREMENT des électeurs Cherchent souvent à se rassierer par Celui des Tribunaux.
À paris, ils onto condamné marine le pen et aimeraient l’écarter de la vie politique. Un mauvais film que l’o on observe également dans d’Autres pays comme la Roumanie.
Ce qui se…

– Matteo Salvini (@matteosalvinimi) March 31, 2025

Lepen’s lawyer will appeal for bribery category – How the court block can enhance the far -right

It is noted that finally, in the political ambitions of the French far -right leader Marin Lepen for the 2027 presidential election, the current ruling of the Paris Court of Justice, which punishes it with 4 years in prison, 2 with suspension and the remaining 2 under home. funds. At the same time she was fined 100,000 euros.

Although the 56 -year -old Lepen is expected to appeal For the bribery category, as its lawyer has made it known, the French court ruling is considered a devastating regression for Lepen’s political future and a huge blow to its own party, the National Coalition (RN) that has been aiming for a long time in power. Indeed, Lepen herself was first in the polls for the 2027 elections.

“Today, Marin Lepen was not unjustly convicted: the French Republic was killed,” commented Lepen’s right hand, RN President Zordan Bardela.

Lepen’s punishment – which she had likened earlier to “political death condemnation” – is even more detrimental, as she began her political career by lining herself as a crusader against corruption, saying in a television debate in 2004: “Everyone has received money”. Once upon a time, the slogan of the National Front that has now been renamed a national rally was “high head, clean hands”.

Bardela, Lepen’s replacement

Lepen has nominated three times for the presidency and has stated that 2027 will be her last nomination for the highest office. The only opportunity now to make a truly nomination would be if the appeal is overthrown by the current decision. However, appeals to France can take months or even years.

The party’s president, 29 -year -old Zordan Bardela, who is popular but inexperienced, could now become a replacement for the presidential race, but nothing is still certain with experts to point out that he does not have the experience of winning the wider election to the RN. Rn among the younger voters.

“I am not sure that Bardela’s political proposal is mature enough to be able to compete reliably in the presidential election,” Arnaud Benedetti, a political analyst who has also written a book on RN, told Reuters.

Lepen, who had described the prosecutors before Monday’s events that they were demanding “her political death”, left the courtroom in Paris, angrily heard of the ruling before Judge Benedicte de Perthuis reads her entire sentence without anymler. However, he is expected to appear in an interview on TF1 TV at 8 pm on the day (local time).

‘Political earthquake’ and rise of the far -right

Lepen has been trying to alleviate her image for years, turning her party to political stream and trying to appear as a leader on a hold and not as a radical opponent of the establishment.

According to political analyst Benedetti, five -year deprivation of the right to be elected is a crucial moment in French politics that could resonate in all parties.

“This is a political event that causes an earthquake,” he said. “Inevitably, it will rebuild the package, especially on the right.”

But it is also very likely that Lepen’s nucleus will rally behind her, even reinforcing political support for the far -right. Lepen was not accused of putting personal money in her pockets, but that she was channeling the money to the party. Thus, the Guardian website comments in its analysis that the guilty verdict and the rigorous penalty, which forbid it to claim the office, serves to tell its victimization: that there is an elite who is trying to end her political career and her party.

How did we get to Lepen’s conviction

The court found that between 2004 and 2016, Lepen’s party created an extensive fraud system in which they were getting money intended exclusively for the European Parliament’s assistants to pay instead of the staff working for the party at its headquarters in France – including one. Fraud cost European taxpayers – including French taxpayers – at least 4m euros.

The French prosecutor had told the court that Lepen’s party treated the European Parliament as a “cash cow” and created a centralized, highly organized “war machine” for embezzlement of European funds, which were used for their illegal funding.

In an email to Lepen, a party worker who was supposed to have been hired as a parliamentary assistant for four months, wrote: “I would like to see the European Parliament and this would also allow me to meet the member of the European Parliament with which I am a solder.” This mail actually revealed that this one had never gone to the European Parliament, where he was supposed to work.

Another alleged party assistant to the European Parliament made only one phone call to the European Parliament in 11 months and there were no documents showing that it had done some work. The party showed “contempt for public funds coming from the pockets of its own voters,” a French prosecutor commented in court during the trial.

The question now is how the party that has been closed 50 years since its founding will now be prepared for the 2027 presidential race without the first candidate for the first time, Lepen or its late father, Jean-Marie Lepen.