At the trial of the FN’s European parliamentary assistants, the protection enters the scene with problem | EUROtoday

The protection has its say, within the residence stretch of the enchantment trial of the European parliamentary assistants of the National Front (FN) which has been going down since January 13 earlier than the Paris Court of Appeal. With various success. The problem for the twelve attorneys, who typically give in to the temptation to plead for an hour too lengthy, is to not repeat the identical arguments for the twelve defendants accused of the identical offense, the embezzlement of public funds from the European Parliament.

Mᵉ Robert Apéry had the honour, Wednesday February 4, of clearing up the primary of what seems to him to be the inconsistencies within the file. And first “the political campaign” in opposition to the judges, talked about by the civil get together and the overall prosecutor’s workplace, in whom he sees (other than the insults and loss of life threats), “a subliminal message to the attention of the court of appeal: would this not be seen as an aggravating circumstance? »

Mᵉ Patrick Maisonneuve, the lawyer for the European Parliament, civil party, was indeed worried the day before about the attacks against the rule of law, by Marine Le Pen, Jordan Bardella or Nicolas Sarkozy. And from François Bayrou, “troubled” by the penalties of ineligibility, similar to Jean-Luc Mélenchon. “I don’t know why they are concerned about the European Parliament”joked the lawyer, whereas the bosses of Modem and France Insoumise are additionally being prosecuted for comparable details.

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