Militants

On 12 May 1997 in Mantes-la-Jolie, Jean-Marie Le Pen physically assaulted Annette Peulvast, a member of the Socialist party, and several anti-National Front militants, during a demonstration opposing his visit. On 19 and 20 February 1998, the case came before the judge in Versailles. The necessary machinery was set up, well oiled for this Nth trial of Jean-Marie Le Pen : police cordons and, lying in wait, groups of journalists. There was also a surprise guest, a detail outside the media field : a few members of SCALP, a small anti-National Front organisation some of whom were involved in the trial, as plaintiffs but also standing accused of using insulting language. For 2 days, we see with them, in rue du Palais de Justice, the hesitations, the carefulness to the point of paranoia, the contradictions, the fighting spirit and the nervousness of these young militants pacing the street, anxious about how the trial is going.