In fresh days, in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, there has been a tension between Euro MP Patrick Jaki (PiS) and Italian writer on the evaluation of the court ruling on the French utmost right-wing leader Marine Le Pen. This conviction, which fell on Monday, sentenced Le Pen to 4 years imprisonment, including 2 suspended, for embezzlement of public funds.
Le Pen, who has applied 3 times for the office of President, will not be able to run for office in the 2027 presidential election unless, by that time, the court of higher instance has given her a favorable ruling. The proceedings in higher courts are in France from respective months to respective years. This conviction has provoked much controversy, especially among supporters of Le Pen and another politicians.
Euro MP Jaka: “This is not democracy”
Patrick Jaka, who is co-chair of the Group of European Conservatives and Reformists, criticised the judgement in the Le Pen case. "They banned Marine Le Pen, who led the polls, to run the election to avoid the hazard of winning in the future. This is not democracy," he said. "And they did so, even though the Western democratic strategy is based on the presumption of innocence and, most importantly, the right to appeal. The right to appeal is the strategy of Western civilization."
As he added, the head of the Constitutional Council, who made this unprecedented decision, is simply a multi-annual politician from president Emmanuel Macron's party. "He was late the head of Macron's office," he said. “Let us be honest, this is not a division of power, this is not a regulation of law, this is not a democracy. This is the tyranny of oligarchy.”
Italian journalist: “How dare you?”
In consequence to the words of Jako, an Italian writer from the magazine “L’Espresso” criticized Polish politics for assessing the free justice strategy of another country, which is France. ‘How dare you? You put yourself in a position where you say that what officials in France do is wrong. On what grounds? You are not even French," said the journalist.
The writer added that the decision on Le Pen was not taken by the European Commission, but by French judges. “So you justice them and say they can’t do their job. For what? (...) You talk of propaganda, but you sale to everyone now, here, propaganda”, she said.
The reaction of which
How he replied that in this situation he should "answer the question of what kind of independency is represented by a man from a court who has been a politician for 3 decades". Meanwhile, the writer again criticized What a critical word for French judges.
The politician replied that she had not answered his question and repeated it. “For the future there is something we can call culture,” he said. “You may not know the charges (in front of a justice in matters involving Marine Le Pen) and possibly the reason for your laughing is that you are not a serious journalist,” said Proccini, addressing Italian.
Controversy around Judgment
The Marine Le Pen judgement has sparked quite a few controversy in France and throughout Europe. Le Pen supporters claim that the conviction was unjust and that it was the consequence of political pressure. The opponents of Le Pen claim that the conviction was justified and that Le Pen should endure the consequences of its actions.
Figures
According to the polls, Marine Le Pen led the presidential election in France. 42% of respondents declared that they were voting for her in the first circular of elections. Le Pen was besides the leader in all polls published in the last fewer months.
Culture and democracy
It seems that the controversy surrounding the Marine Le Pen judgement is part of a wider dispute over culture and democracy in Europe. Is the Euro MP What is right, claiming that the conviction was unjust and that it was the consequence of political pressure? Is the Italian writer right to say that What kind of free justice should not justice another country?
In any case, this is another example of controversy that divides Europe and which can affect the future of our continent.
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Democracy in Europe: Controversy around Marine Le Pen
