The Council of State confirms the classification of LFI because the “extreme left” and that of the UDR because the “extreme right” for the municipal elections | EUROtoday

Political listening to on the Council of State. The highest administrative courtroom confirmed, in a call rendered on Friday February 27, the classification of La France insoumise (LFI) as “the extreme left” and that of the Union of Rights for the Republic (UDR), the celebration of Eric Ciotti, because the “extreme right” for the municipal elections of March 15 and 22.

The Council of State was contacted by the 2 political events, who contested this determination taken by the Ministry of the Interior.

“The Council of State judges, taking into account the political situation prevailing for the municipal elections of 2026 and the alliances observed for these elections, that neither the classification of LFI in the “extreme left” bloc of divisions, nor that of the UDR within the “extreme right” bloc of divisions are tainted by a manifest error of evaluation”writes the Council of State.

By a round dated February 2, the Minister of the Interior, Laurent Nuñez, had successfully determined to switch the “political nuance” of LFI by bringing this celebration out of the “left” bloc, through which it was till then categorized alongside the Socialist Party, the Ecologists or the Communist Party.

Furious, the “rebellious” chief Jean-Luc Mélenchon denounced on “banana republic”through which Laurent Nuñez “disturbs electoral public order”, “Trump-style”. “Since when has the Minister of the Interior decided on this type of change? To satisfy what demand and from whom? Why now? »Jean-Luc Mélenchon pretended to question, full of innuendoes. The coordinator of the movement, Manuel Bompard, for his part denounced a “scheme”.

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