French court orders Le Pen to submit to psychiatric evaluation

 

French far-right National Rally (Rassemblement National) party leader Marine Le Pen attends a questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

 

PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ordered Marine Le Pen to submit to a psychiatric evaluation as part of its investigation into her decision to post images of Islamic State executions on Twitter, the far rightleader said on Thursday and denounced the order.

 

The investigation is one of a series that have distracted Le Pen's National Rally, formerly known as the National Front, as it seeks to rebuild after her loss to President Emmanuel Macron in the second round of an election last year.

 

The investigation relates to three graphic images of Islamic State executions Le Pen posted on Twitter in 2015, including the beheading of American journalist James Foley.

 

The tribunal declined to confirm it had ordered the evaluation but said the assessments were a normal part of such probes.

 

"I thought I had seen it all: but no! For having denounced the horrors of #Daesh in tweets, the 'justice' is submitting me to a psychiatric evaluation! How far will they go?" Le Pen wrote on Twitter. "It's UNBELIEVABLE."

 

She later told reporters she would skip the test. "I'd like to see how the judge would try and force me do it," she said.

 

Le Pen's criticism fits the party's narrative that it is persecuted by judges as part of an attempt by the establishment to undermine it politically.

 

Le Pen was placed under formal investigation in March on suspicion of disseminating violent images. The law states that medical evaluations must be carried out in such probes.

 

Le Pen and her party have been targeted by a series of other judicial probes, including over the alleged misuse of EU funds.

 

According to a copy of the court document dated September 11, which Le Pen published on Twitter, the judge wants the evaluation to assess if she suffers from any mental illness and, if so, if that could have affected her understanding of what she was doing when she posted the tweets.

 

The expert is also tasked with determining whether her mental health could be a risk to the public.

 

Le Pen's hard-left rival Jean-Luc Melenchon said the evaluation was unnecessary because Le Pen was "politically responsible for her political acts."

 

"This is not how we will weaken the far-right," he said.

 

Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini said in a statement: "A court orders a psychiatric assessment for Marine Le Pen. Words fail me! Solidarity with her and with the French who love freedom!"

 

(Reporting by Ingrid Melander and Simon Carraud; Additional reporting by Crispian Balmer in Rome; Editing by Richard Lough and Matthew Mpoke Bigg)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-09-21

One assumes the OP order by a judge is standard practice for a Court investigation, therefore Le Pen should comply.

What a time to be alive where telling the truth is considered insanity.

"War is peace 

Freedom is slavery 

Ignorance is strength"

Oh yeah and "Islam is peace" 

What a farce.

Psychiatric evaluation should be a prime requisite for all countries politicians.  There are a lot of unbalanced and dangerous politicians and leaders in this world.

She's right, in Holland the national news would not show the aftermath of the shootout in that nightclub where 50 people were shot dead by terrorists. If it's not on tv we don't know how serious it is...show it so we can never forget what happened.

1 hour ago, Esso49 said:

Psychiatric evaluation should be a prime requisite for all countries politicians.  There are a lot of unbalanced and dangerous politicians and leaders in this world.

 

Yes, I can think of several who would benefit from a psychiatric examination, starting with most members of Congress and the House of Commons, but zeroing in on people like Senator Kamala Harris, J.Trudeau, Diane Abbott, and the editor of the Economist,  Zanni Minton Beddoes (who when "interviewing" Steve Bannon changed the subject every time he flummoxed her with facts!).

It,s the rest of them, not her, that need evaluation !

Seems like many of Putin's little helpers are having breakdowns. Trump has been more and more unstable and now LePen. Burning candle on both ends gives a bit more light, but the eventual burnout comes much quicker. 

 

 

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

One assumes the OP order by a judge is standard practice for a Court investigation, therefore Le Pen should comply.

Nothing to lose but your chains.

22 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Nothing to lose but your chains.

Don't know why you are using a Marxist slogan. Why should a politician be immune from a Court order? 

6 hours ago, simple1 said:

One assumes the OP order by a judge is standard practice for a Court investigation, therefore Le Pen should comply.

It is not only a standard practice, but an obligation according to the French Penal Code. It is not relevant, as the reason why she published these pictures is obvious, but it is still compulsory for a judge to order it.

11 hours ago, simple1 said:

One assumes the OP order by a judge is standard practice for a Court investigation, therefore Le Pen should comply.

Problem of Le Pen is that she thinks she is above the law; she will face many other problems soon        som non na 

So after being compared to ISIS by a journalist, she posts some pictures of ISIS atrocities to say,

really, this is what you compare my party to, and it is her who has to submit to psychiatric assessment.

Ridiculous. 

11 hours ago, simple1 said:

Don't know why you are using a Marxist slogan. Why should a politician be immune from a Court order? 

Think about it. You'll should get there - eventually.

6 hours ago, Aforek said:

Problem of Le Pen is that she thinks she is above the law

What law does she think she is above?

17 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Think about it. You'll should get there - eventually.

Russian oligarchs, meaning 'to rule or to command' had their prime time after Soviet Union collapsed.

 

Oligarchs gave their best, but the western way of being proud enough to challenge the ruling elite worked out well. 

 

Eventually.

19 hours ago, webfact said:

She later told reporters she would skip the test. "I'd like to see how the judge would try and force me do it," she said.

So would I, as I assume you will be put in gaol. 

19 hours ago, webfact said:

A French court ordered Marine Le Pen to submit to a psychiatric evaluation as part of its investigation into her decision to post images of Islamic State executions on Twitter

 

Those liberals will do everything to make sure their place at the trough is secured, even trying to put someone in jail who is showing what the liberals want to cover up, and who is gaining popularity with it.,

Off topic posts removed.

1 hour ago, janclaes47 said:

 

Those liberals will do everything to make sure their place at the trough is secured, even trying to put someone in jail who is showing what the liberals want to cover up, and who is gaining popularity with it.,

You'd better get informed before ranting, The judge only applies what is compulsory according to the French Penal Code.

 

Now, in case you want to argue your stupid claim that any French institution or media would "cover up" ISIS crimes after several terrorist attacks (starting with the French "liberal" government which ordered bombing ISIS positions in Syria), I am eager to know your arguments.

 

Please keep your fascist ranting for your own country and abstain for commenting on a country about which you have no understanding.

5 hours ago, Krataiboy said:

Think about it. You'll should get there - eventually.

I'm not into Marist ideology, conspiracy theories or whatever you are alleging; please explain.

5 hours ago, simple1 said:

I'm not into Marist ideology, conspiracy theories or whatever you are alleging; please explain.

You're obviously not thinking hard enough. Keep at it.

8 hours ago, candide said:

You'd better get informed before ranting, The judge only applies what is compulsory according to the French Penal Code.

 

Now, in case you want to argue your stupid claim that any French institution or media would "cover up" ISIS crimes after several terrorist attacks (starting with the French "liberal" government which ordered bombing ISIS positions in Syria), I am eager to know your arguments.

 

Please keep your fascist ranting for your own country and abstain for commenting on a country about which you have no understanding.

I have no understanding how a proud nation

What gave the world Liberte Frateritie et Egaliteris as a foundation of democracy,

would literaly open their throats to be cut dead by Islamism and give all their rights away under a veil

of political what? Why? To be nice and polite? 

 

The mind boggles.

1 hour ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:

I have no understanding how a proud nation

What gave the world Liberte Frateritie et Egaliteris as a foundation of democracy,

would literaly open their throats to be cut dead by Islamism and give all their rights away under a veil

of political what? Why? To be nice and polite? 

 

The mind boggles.

? What are you talking about?

11 minutes ago, candide said:

? What are you talking about?

 

Candide: his real name is Dr Pangloss, and he is telling you that a France without Muslims would be the best of all possible worlds.

6 hours ago, candide said:

? What are you talking about?

Borders, Language, and Culture.

There is only one France, there will never be another,

The world has 50 Muslim countries already.

Mad Merkel needs the mental test!

1 hour ago, The manic said:

Mad Merkel needs the mental test!

Merkel is physicist, whose IQ is quite a lot higher than average Joe. 

It's commonly known that people with high difference of their IQ's have difficulties to communicate between each others. 

On 9/21/2018 at 6:35 AM, Nyezhov said:

What a farce.

 

French justice - indeed farcical.