Overview
- The Montauban court granted a delay to 9 January 2026 and kept the 74-year-old suspect under judicial control, barring contact with Jordan Bardella and attendance at Rassemblement National events, with an obligation to appear.
- The retiree is charged with intentional violence without incapacity after crushing an egg on Bardella’s head during a 29 November book-signing in Moissac, a case pursued in legal recidivism due to a 2022 conviction for a similar act against Éric Zemmour.
- Appearing free after a judge declined a custody request, the defendant apologized in court, calling it “an idiotic gesture,” and his lawyer said he sought to oppose the far right rather than harm Bardella.
- The Rassemblement National said it filed a complaint, Marine Le Pen condemned the act as political violence and blamed the far left, and reports from the defendant’s family and counsel disputed any far-left affiliation.
- The episode ignited media arguments over proportionality and precedent, with a Libération columnist downplaying the act and critics citing Bardella’s 2017 quip after Emmanuel Macron was egged to allege double standards.