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France's far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella deleted data from a former activist Facebook account as soon as allegations surfaced that he wrote anti-Semitic comments in his youth, French investigative weekly Le Canard enchaîné said Friday, piling pressure on the top ally of presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen.
According to new information published on Friday by the chained Duck, Jordan Bardella erased the data from a former Facebook activist account as soon as Mediapart disclosed the anti-Semitic youth writings of which he denied being the author. Information again denied in bloc by the National Rally.
The new political rendezvous of France 24, every Sunday evening at 9:10 pm. On the menu of this October 4th: the primary on the left, the Bardella affair and the mobilization of high school students. With Brice Soccol, political scientist and essayist, and Arnaud Benedetti, editor of the New Political Review.
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has reiterated her "complete confidence" in National Rally (RN) leader Jordan Bardella, accused by investigative news outlet Mediapart of making anti-Semitic comments in 2013. But some analysts say the frontrunner in the Élysée Palace race may seek to distance herself from her protégé should the controversy end up damaging her campaign.
A few months before the presidential elections, the Bardella case and the virulent RN's response against Mediapart weaken the image of normalisation cultivated by the far right party, and rekindle concerns about its report to the press.
Mediapart's investigative media published new evidence to support its investigation into Jordan Bardella, after the denials of the RN and its president. The media claims to have authenticated all messages exchanged in 2013 on Messenger. Jordan Bardella denounces a forgery and announces a new complaint against Mediapart.
French investigative outlet Mediapart said on Thursday it had authenticated antisemitic messages allegedly sent by far-right politician Jordan Bardella in 2013. Bardella denied writing them and said he would sue for defamation and forgery. The allegations come seven months before France’s presidential election, with Marine Le Pen leading opinion polls.
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The president of the extreme right-wing party, Jordan Bardella, is at the heart of the controversy that broke out after the media 'Mediapart' published an article accusing him of having made anti-Semitic comments between 2013 and 2015. Bardella denied all the points and said it was a strategy to affect the party prior to the presidential elections.
Jordan Bardella denounced on Tuesday "the beginnings of a total war" against the RN after the publication of an investigation by Mediapart accusing him of having made anti-Semitic statements, a case that came to impact the campaign of the favorite polls in the presidential Marine Le Pen. The details of Olivier Guyottot, professor-researcher in strategy and political science.
🇫🇷 ✡️ Far-right #NationalRally (RN) party leader Jordan #Bardella has denied accusation by French investigative website #Mediapart that he made anti-Semitic comments on private chats in 2013. It comes as RN candidate Marine #LePen is polling well in the lead for the 2027 presidential election.
The president of the extreme right-wing party, Jordan Bardella, denounced on Tuesday, September 29, an "attempt to destabilize the presidential campaign" after Mediapart published an article accusing him of having made anti-Semitic comments between 2013 and 2015. Bardella announced he'll sue the middle.
French presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen on Tuesday denounced an attempt to "derail" her Élysée Palace run after a media report accused the head of her far-right National Rally (RN) party, Jordan Bardella, of making ant-Semitic comments in 2013. Le Pen said Bardella, who is tipped to be prime minister if she wins the presidency, had her "total confidence".
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Jordan Bardella, a key ally of French far-right presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen, on Tuesday said allegations he made antisemitic comments in 2013 marked part of a "total war" against their party ahead of the 2027 polls. Bardella, a savvy user of social media who projects a clean-cut image, has been a key player in Le Pen's project of "de-demonisation" to make the National Rally into an electable force. FRANCE 24's French Politics Editor Marc Perelman tells us more.
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella said on Monday he had filed a defamation lawsuit against investigative website Mediapart over a report alleging he made antisemitic remarks in private messages over a decade ago, saying the story was an effort to "destabilise" campaigning ahead of next year's election. The 31-year-old leads the far-right National Rally party which is seeking to clear its racist image. The party's candidate, Marine Le Pen, is leading polls for the April presidential election. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports.
The investigative media #Mediapart published on Monday anti-Semitic statements attributed to Jordan #Bardella, also mentioning in his investigation his fascination for the ideologue Alain Soral. The president of the National Rally denied these revelations, denouncing a will to "kill" his "political career while at eight months of the #president, the #RN is at the head of the polls, and that Marine Le Pen promised to make him his Prime Minister if she wins the election.
On Tuesday, the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella denounced "the beginnings of a total war" and "an attempt to destabilize the presidential campaign", after the publication of an article by Mediapart accusing him of having made anti-Semitic statements in 2013.
A French investigative website on Monday alleged that far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella made anti-Semitic comments in writing in 2013, but the close ally of presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen dismissed the claims as fake. According to the report by Mediapart, Bardella wrote, among other comments, in a chat: "The Jew has to dominate other peoples, crush them, and rob them; a Zionist is necessarily a Jew, and fundamentally so."
Mediapart published on Monday anti-Semitic messages from 2013 attributed to Jordan Bardella, then a young National Front activist. The president of the RN announced a complaint of defamation and denounced an attempt to "stabilize" the RN campaign, leading in the polls, Marine Le Pen evoking "a barbuzerie".
