The former president of the National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen, asked the Belgian courts to ban the use of her image by the far-right Walloon party “Chez Nous”. She won her case in court on Friday May 31.
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With our correspondent in Brussels, Jean-Jacques Héry
The case dates back to January 2024. In the south of the Belgium, a wild poster campaign is discovered in the early morning. On many signs, the face of Marine Le Pen appears plastered in several towns and municipalities in Wallonia. The authors of this “punch” operation are not difficult to find: they leave their name on the poster with this slogan: “ Marine Le Pen supports “Chez Nous”. In 2024, vote patriot “.
“Chez Nous” is a new Walloon far-right party, created in 2021 and which for the first time presents candidates for the federal and regional elections which take place on the weekend of June 8 and 9, at the same time as the Europeans.
According to Marine Le Pen’s Belgian lawyer, quoted by the newspaper The evening, the latter had warned the Belgian political party and demanded the removal of the posters, explaining that it had never given its agreement. However, rebel in April 2024 with new leaflets bearing the image of Marine Le Pen claiming her support.
The management of “Chez Nous” explained that it was the initiative of an activist “ zealous ”, but the leaflets continued to be distributed. This is what led Marine Le Pen to go to court. She proved him right on Friday. “Chez Nous” can no longer use the image of Marine Le Pen, under penalty of a penalty of 2,000 euros per leaflet or publication on social networks.