(6 Apr 2025)
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Paris, France – 6 April 2025
1. Various of president of National Rally party Jordan Bardella on stage
2. SOUNDIBITE (French) Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally party:
"March 31, 2025 will remain a dark day in the history of France. This unjust and scandalous court decision pronounced against Marine (Le Pen) aimed at eliminating her from the presidential race is above all a direct attack against democracy. A wound for the millions of French patriots."
3. National Rally supporters waving flags
4. SOUNDBITE (French) Jordan Bardella, president of the National Rally party:
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"With this decision, they are not only looking to forbid Marine from being a candidate, they want to deprive you of your voice and your freedom of choice."
5. Wide of Marine Le Pen on stage surrounded by French flags
6. SOUNDBITE (French) Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party:
"Like you, my friends, we are the kind who do not resign, who do not bow, who do not abdicate."
7. Wide of Le Pen on stage addressing crowd
8. SOUNDBITE (French) Marine Le Pen, leader of the National Rally party:
"And so my friends, never forget the reason they attack us so harshly with so much disloyalty. Never forget. They’re only doing this for one reason. We are in the process of winning. You are in the process of winning."
9. Wide tilt down on leftist rally at the Republic Square
10. Activists spray painting an anti-far right banner
11. Close up of banner (French) "Emergency Revolution."
12. Activists holding banner against fascism
13. Leftist activists gathered at rally
14. Sign reads (French) "Trump, Putin, good riddance."
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Cindy Lopez, supporter of Unbowed party:
"After a while stop! We will not allow this to happen. There were protests against Trump yesterday in the United States and it’s time that we as well show through demonstrations on the street that we don’t agree. There was a protest in Germany that was well attended. It’s time for us to show that we are taking a stand against fascists."
16. Banner (French) "Emergency Revolution"
17. Leftist activists during rally
18. SOUNDBITE (French) Brahim Saidi, supporter of Unbowed party:
"Sorry but she embezzled money. Money from all the French people and so today she must own the actions that she committed."
19. Saidi speaking on the sidelines of the leftist rally
STORYLINE:
Convicted of embezzling public funds and banned from running for office, France’s far-right politician Marine Le Pen stood unshaken before a sea of French flags in Paris on Sunday.
“For thirty years I have fought against injustice,” she told the crowd. “And I will continue to fight.”
Thousands of supporters gathered at Place Vauban, near the golden dome of Les Invalides and the tomb of Napoleon, for what was billed as a protest — but observers said it had all the markings of a campaign rally.
The National Rally, Le Pen’s party, organized the event in response to what it calls a politically motivated verdict.
But with chants of “Marine Présidente!” and “They won’t steal 2027 from us,” the message was clear: this was more than a protest. It was a show of populist defiance aimed squarely at France’s institutions.
At the heart of that charge stood Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s 29-year-old protégé and president of the National Rally.
His speech was fiery, accusing France’s judges of trying to silence the opposition.
“March 29 was a dark day for France,” he said, referencing the date of Le Pen’s conviction.
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