After the political sequence, place to judicial time. Jean-Luc Mélenchon and five of his relatives appear for two days in the Criminal Court of Bobigny for incidents that sparked the search at the headquarters of France Insoumise last October. The opportunity for the leader of France rebellious and his co-defendants to explain to the judge.
"When Jean-Luc Mélenchon sees that all this derails, it puts him in a black rage"
"There is so much to say about the irregularities, the malfunctions of this search, that we will already be content to list everything," says Mathieu Davy, Jean-Luc Mélenchon's lawyer. "This will help explain why our customers have acted in this way, and we are over-reacted," he adds. "Obviously, we know Jean-Luc Mélenchon: when he sees that all this derails, it puts him in a black anger, but anger is not punishable by law," says the lawyer at the microphone of Europe 1.
For several weeks, the leader of the Insoumis denounces a "political trial" which he feels victimized in this case, saying no longer "believe in justice" and calling the judges "liars". Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his five co-defendants - including MPs Alexis Corbière and Bastien Lachaud and MEP Manuel Bompard - incur up to 10 years in prison, a fine of 150,000 euros and 5 years ineligibility. The trial must last two days.