Man who crushed egg on Jordan Bardella’s head given six-month suspended jail sentence | EUROtoday

The Montauban prison court docket (Tarn-et-Garonne) sentenced, Friday January 9, the septuagenarian who crushed an egg on the top of Jordan Bardella throughout a dedication on the finish of November 2025 to a six-month suspended jail sentence, accompanied by a fantastic.

The judges sentenced the defendant, a 74-year-old retired farmer, to a fantastic of 1,000 euros, in addition to to compensate Mr. Bardella for injury to his picture, to the tune of 500 euros, and to pay a part of his authorized prices for 600 euros.

The public prosecutor of Montauban, Bruno Sauvage, had requested an eight-month jail sentence, 4 of which had been agency, in opposition to this man who had already been convicted for comparable acts in July 2022, having thrown an egg on the top of Eric Zemmour whereas the latter, presidential candidate for the Reconquête! occasion, was campaigning in Moissac (Tarn-et-Garonne).

The consultant of the general public prosecutor thought-about that it was not a query of “stupidity”because the defendant had described his gesture throughout the process, a “totally inappropriate term” whereas it’s a “criminal offense”A “violent act” and never a “citizen act” or a “symbolic act”.

“Alert citizens”

At the helm, the retiree, sporting denims, sneakers and a navy blue wool jacket, declared: “I regret my action and apologize to Mr. Bardella. It was his party that I was targeting. It was violent, I admit it”he declared.

Questioned by the president of the court docket, the defendant nevertheless acknowledged that it was a political gesture “to alert citizens that we are falling asleep and that once they [les représentants du Rassemblement national] will be in power, it will be too late ». “Unfortunately, there is only [à faire] »estimated the defendant, claiming to have wanted to demonstrate “minimum violence to warn of maximum violence for all French people”.

During a signing session by Mr. Bardella in Moissac, on November 29, 2025, the defendant took his place within the queue earlier than crushing an egg on the top of the president of the RN when presenting him along with his copy of the ebook. He was prosecuted for “violence against a person holding public authority without incapacity”.

Jordan Bardella’s lawyer, Charles de Luynes, argued that it was a matter of “serious facts” : “When we reach a political leader, we reach the political debate”he stated, earlier than demanding 1,500 euros in compensation for his consumer.