US EditionAdministrative justice seized after Macron's refusal to withdraw the Legion of Honour in Sarkozy
- On Tuesday, five individuals submitted a complaint to the Paris administrative court seeking the annulment of Nicolas Sarkozy’s honors, including those awarded under the Legion of Honor and the National Order of Merit.
- The complaint was filed following Sarkozy’s final judgment in the Bismuth affair and references French legislation mandating the automatic revocation of national honors after such definitive convictions.
- Plaintiffs, including Raymond Barre and lawyer Julien Bayou, claim that the officials responsible for the Legion of Honor have been deliberately inactive in issuing the required withdrawal decree, despite the expiration of the legal deadline.
- Bayou emphasized that "there can't be double standards" and referenced Claude Guéant's 2019 honor removal as precedent highlighting the ignored legal obligation.
- The case exposes tension as President Macron recently opposed stripping Sarkozy's honors, prompting Brun to call the situation ironic and denounce presidential influence as intolerable.
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Nicolas Sarkozy in a lawsuit for the withdrawal of his Legion of Honor by... a knight whom he appointed
Nicolas Sarkozy has a new case of justice. Several descendants of holders of the Legion of Honour and the Order of Merit, and one holder, filed on Tuesday an appeal to the administrative court of Paris to have these decorations withdrawn to the former president Nicolas ...
"Mr. President of the Republic, we ask you to withdraw his legion of honour to Nicolas Sarkozy"
In an open letter published on Le HuffPost, several descendants of holders asked Emmanuel Macron to withdraw the legion of honour from Nicolas Sarkozy, who was finally condemned in the case of wiretapping.
Several families decorated with the Legion of Honor seize justice to request the withdrawal of the one received by Nicolas Sarkozy
According to these families, Nicolas Sarkozy's final conviction in the case of wiretapping, known as "Bismuth", should have led - according to the code of the Legion of Honour - to its degradation.
Administrative justice seized after Macron's refusal to withdraw the Legion of Honour in Sarkozy
Despite what the Légion d'honneur Code stipulates, Nicolas Sarkozy currently retains his distinction and Emmanuel Macron has excluded from withdrawing his Legion of Honour from the former president. In response, Julien Bayou, former MP EELV today lawyer, filed an appeal before the Paris Administrative Court to challenge this refusal.
Maintenance of Nicolas Sarkozy's Legion of Honour: an appeal before the Administrative Court
According to information from the World published on Tuesday, May 6, several people, all descended from decorated, seized administrative justice to challenge the maintenance of the distinction to the former president.
Administrative justice seized of refusal to withdraw the Legion of Honour to Nicolas Sarkozy
A few days after Emmanuel Macron excluded from withdrawing the distinction from the former president, half a dozen applicants, all children or grandchildren of decorated, filed an appeal before the Paris Administrative Court to challenge this refusal.
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