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The French media claims to have verified, with the cooperation of Meta and a judicial agent, the talks of the President of National Regrouping
The government believes that the movement of high school students, who protest against the lack of resources, "falls into violence". The authorities point to LFI's responsibility. The other news that has shaken political life is the anti-Semitic statements attributed to Jordan Bardella by Mediapart that are undermining Marine Le Pen's dediabolization strategy. France's report to the Jewish French and the State of Israel will also be discussed.
The government believes that the movement of high school students, who demonstrate against the lack of resources in the National Education, "takes down in violence". The authorities point out the responsibility of La France insubmissive. Another news that has shaken political life is the anti-Semitic comments attributed to Jordan Bardella by Mediapart, which are undermining Marine Le Pen's strategy of demonization.
A minor bump on the French far right's road to power, or a car crash that wipes out years of rebranding? Bombshell allegations of past anti-Semitic tropes by the man Marine Le Pen has touted as her future prime minister could test her years-long effort to convince French voters that the National Rally is a party of government, rather than the fringe far-right National Front of old.
The president of the National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, denounced on Tuesday "the beginnings of a total war" against the RN, following the publication of an investigation by Mediapart accusing him of having made anti-Semitic statements between 2013 and 2015. The investigative newspaper, for its part, "the ridiculous violence of the far right" and "the threatening statements of great gravity" by Marine Le Pen, in reaction to this publication.
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.
French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen on Tuesday vowed to hit back at allegations of antisemitism targeting her de-facto number two Jordan Bardella, which have punctured her buoyant campaign at a time she is riding high in the polls. Le Pen, who is aiming to win the Elysee at her fourth attempt next year in a far-right breakthrough that would send a shockwave across Europe, lambasted the Mediapart website that published the claims and said Bardella has her "total confidence".
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".
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.
Marine Le Pen said Tuesday that the National Rally would not "be allowed" and intended to demonstrate "who is behind this manipulation", after the publication by Mediapart of anti-Semitic comments attributed to Jordan Bardella
The president of the National Rally, Jordan Bardella, and the party's presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, launched their counter-attack in the wake of Mediapart's revelations of anti-Semitic statements made by the MEP more than ten years ago.
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".
A French investigative website on Monday alleged that far-right National Rally leader Jordan Bardella made antisemitic comments in writing in 2013, but the close ally of presidential frontrunner Marine Le Pen dismissed the claims as fake. The allegations emerged as Le Pen's prospects for the 2027 elections appear stronger than at any point in her previous campaigns. FRANCE 24's Jennie Shin speaks with Dr Andrew Smith, Lecturer in History and Liberal Arts at Queen Mary University of London.
The newspaper 'Mediapart' has revealed writings from the president of the National Regrouping where he professed comments against the Jews and supported conspirationist theories
The far-right party of Marine Le Pen will for the first time in its history be able to form a parliamentary group in the French upper house, election results showed Monday, a political breakthrough just over half a year before presidential polls. France 24's Marc Perelman takes a look at how much of a boost the result might be to Le Pen's National Rally.
Jordan Bardella, the head of Marine Le Pen's National Rally (RN) party, has denied allegations made by French investigative website Mediapart that he wrote anti-Semitic comments on private chats in 2013, when he was aged 17 or 18. Bardella, seen as a likely prime minister if Le Pen wins next year's presidential election, said he would take legal action over the claims.
Marine Le Pen, France's far-right National Rally party candidate, widened her lead in the second round of the 2027 presidential elections against both centre-right Édouard Philippe and hard-left Jean-Luc Mélenchon, according to a new poll released Monday.
Eight months before the French presidential election to be held on 18 April and 2 May 2027, the candidate of the National Rally still largely dominates opinion polls. Marine Le Pen will win in the second round whatever his opponent.
