DEFUL, LE PEN says to the supporters “I do not give up” despite the ban of 5 years

Marine Le Pen, the chief of the French extreme right, told the applauding supporters of Paris on Sunday that she would fight against the five-year ban on her candidacy, which results from a condemnation for diversion, launching as an outsider representing those who are “disdained” by the political elite.

Addressing a crowd of several thousand people who sang her name, Ms. Le Pen and her allies reprimanded themselves against what they called freedom of expression, biases and a “system” built to keep their party out of power. This happens, she said, while the country disintegrates in “ruin and chaos”.

“I will not give up,” said Ms. Le Pen, arguing that she was the target of a “witch hunt” motivated by a political motivation to prevent her from participating in the presidential election of France in 2027, in which she was the front of her head.

“They do this for a single reason,” she said. “We win.”

The conviction of Ms. Le Pen was criticized by global right -wing figures, including President Trump. His criticisms of the judiciary of France echoed his grievances against the American courts.

But it was less ardent than Mr. Trump, and the crowd did not rank with the volatile anger which fueled the riots of January 6 at the Capitole in Washington. His party, the national rally, has spent more than a decade working to replace its radical image with a fluid image and ready to govern.

Ms. Le Pen even invoked the spirit of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. while she urged “peaceful and democratic resistance” against legal action against her. She said she was not “above the law, but not below” either.