Overview
- The 17th chamber of the Paris criminal court cleared Enthoven of public insult after La France insoumise sued and sought €10,000 in damages.
- Judges wrote that his remarks did not exceed the admissible limits of expression and related to a broader public-interest debate.
- The ruling noted recurring controversies over statements and practices by some LFI figures that were described as violent, outrageous, conspiratorial or antisemitic.
- Enthoven’s post on X responded to the Saint-Étienne May Day incident in which Raphaël Glucksmann was removed from a procession under jets of paint and cans.
- The prosecutor argued that even injurious words can be allowed with a factual basis in a context of public debate, and Enthoven later said the label was an opinion rather than a crime.