The judge who condemned Marine Le Pen to the prison and forbade her to become the new French president, was last night under armed police officer after 'clearly pronounced personal threats'.
The vast right-wing supporters of the 56-year-old national rally politician were supposed to be on Monday to be aimed at anti-corruption clerk Bénédicte de PerThuis, 63.
A police source told Le Parisien that Judge De Perthuis had received a large number of messages with clearly pronounced personal threats. '
The news exit added: “As a result, the presence of the police near her house has increased.”
The other two judges who made the professional jury of the Correctional Court of Paris are also threatened, according to the source.
In the meantime, Le Pen dined last night in a private room upstairs in Laurent Restaurant in Paris – Scene by Kate Moss's notorious 50th birthday a few years ago.
The politician and more than 20 other party officials were found guilty on Monday to stealing millions of pounds in taxpayers money from the European taxpayer.
They did this for at least a decade, while they worked EP members of the European Parliament in Brussels and Strasbourg.
Instead of spending the money on their European roles, they used it to finance the National Rally (NR) in Paris.
The judge who sentenced Marine Le Pen (photo) to the prison and forbade her to be the new French president, was under armed police received tonight
Le Pen and more than 20 other party officials were found guilty of stealing millions of pounds in taxpayers from the European taxpayer on Monday
Judge Petrius gave the controversial judgment against Le Pen after a trial last year for 'embezzlement of public funds'.
Le Pen was sentenced to four years in prison, with two suspended, and also excluded from running elections for the next five years.
Although Le Pen is now attractive, it is unlikely that she will become President of France in 2027, even though she is a favorite to replace Emmanuel Macron, which must give up after operating the allowed Maxium two conditions.
Le Pen appeared on French TV on Monday evening and said that the judgment was a “political decision” and that she would fight against it.
She accused the court of “wanting to prevent me from running and being elected in the presidential elections” and “violating the law.”
But in a statement released on Monday, Jacques Boulard, the first president of the Parisian Court of Appeal, called for 'respect for the judicial system'.
Judge Boulard regretted “countless remarks, but also, especially on social media, personal attacks on the three judges who form the collegial body.”
He expressed his 'deep concern' and said that in a democratic state ruled by the rule of law, criticism of a court decision cannot be expressed by threats against judges under any circumstances. '
The French Minister of Justice, Gérald Darmanin, also said that the threats 'worried about the independence of the judicial authority'.
Matteo Salvini, the hard-right Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, compared the exclusion of Le Pen from political life with similar situations that occur in other countries such as Romania
Eric Ciotti, the former president of center -right Republicans said: “The democratic destination of our nation seized by a shameful judicial cabal”
The leader of the National Rally (RN) of France Jordan Bardella, attends the international conference on the fight against anti -Semitism in Jerusalem, Israel, Thursday 27 March 202
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage described the obstacle of the national rally leader from the public office as a 'trend'
National Rally President Jordan Bardella is one of those who have called for demonstrations against the decision of the court.
He wrote on Monday on Twitter X: “Today it is not only Marine Le Pen who was wrongly convicted – it was the French democracy that was killed.”
Even some political opponents of Le Pen attacked the decision, in which former presidential candidate -éric Zemmour -written: 'It is not up to judges to decide who people should vote for. Whatever our disagreements are, Marine Le Pen is legitimate to present itself for the mood. '
Internationally, those who have attacked the judgment are the American presidential adviser Elon Musk.
He said on Monday: 'If the radical links cannot win through a democratic voice, they abuse the legal system to prison their opponents. This is their standard playbook around the world. “
Musk, one of the best assistants of President Donald Trump, has supported extreme right-wing causes around the world, while the White House has become increasingly critical of European democracy.
Marie Le Pen dined last night in a private room upstairs in Laurent Restaurant in Paris – Scene by Kate Moss's notorious 50th birthday a few years ago.
The leader spends the evening with supporters and friends.
