Did Gérald Darmanin overstep his bounds by going to prison to visit Nicolas Sarkozy?
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Gérald Darmanin (pictured here on October 29 at the Élysée Palace, after the Council of Ministers meeting) visited Nicolas Sarkozy in prison. Sébastien Toubon / IP3 PRESS/MAXPPP
As announced, the Minister of Justice visited the former president in prison at La Santé on Wednesday, October 30. This initiative was poorly received within the judiciary. Some raised concerns about a potential threat to the independence of judges. "They are, however, above such matters," countered former senior magistrate Bruno Cotte.
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I subscribeDid Gérald Darmanin overstep his bounds by visiting Nicolas Sarkozy at La Santé prison in Paris? And did the Minister of Justice, on this occasion, undermine the independence of the judiciary? These two questions are the subject of debate within the legal community, already reeling from the numerous criticisms that followed Nicolas Sarkozy's five-year prison sentence handed down by the Paris court on September 25th for conspiracy in the Libyan affair.
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