Overview

• The Paris correctional tribunal opened a case brought by La France insoumise for injure publique over a May 1, 2024 post in which Raphaël Enthoven called LFI “passionnément antisémite” and used other insulting terms.
• Enthoven and his lawyer Richard Malka framed the hearing as a broader examination of LFI, calling witnesses Yonathan Arfi, Paul Salmona and Rudy Reichstadt to argue an “antisemitisme d’ambiance.”
• Examples cited by the defense included a withdrawn poster caricaturing Cyril Hanouna, the use of “dragons célestes,” and past remarks attributed to Jean‑Luc Mélenchon that witnesses said echo antisemitic tropes.
• LFI rejects the characterization and seeks €10,000 in damages, with its lawyer Mathieu Davy arguing the tweet was extremely hurtful and that the case concerns insult rather than proving antisemitism.
• The prosecutor acknowledged the injurious nature of the term “antisémite” and other phrases in the tweet but noted such remarks can be allowed with a factual basis in a public‑interest debate, and no verdict was issued.