Overview
- The Montauban court found the 74-year-old retired farmer guilty of violence against a person exercising public authority for the November 29 Moissac incident, noting his 2022 conviction for egging Éric Zemmour.
- Judges ordered financial penalties totaling €2,100, including a €1,000 fine, €500 in damages to Bardella for harm to his image, and €600 toward legal costs.
- Public prosecutor Bruno Sauvage had sought an eight-month sentence with four months to serve, arguing the act was a violent offense rather than a symbolic protest.
- The defendant apologized in court, said he targeted Bardella’s party rather than the man, and described the egging as a political warning to citizens.
- Bardella’s lawyer, Charles de Luynes, requested €1,500 in compensation and criticized the suspended sentence as lacking firmness.