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French far-right leader Bardella says filed lawsuit over anti-Semitic remarks claim

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.

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French far-right's Bardella denies alleged 2013 antisemitic comments

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."

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French far-right's Bardella denies alleged 2013 antisemitic comments as Le Pen sees boost in polls

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.

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French Senate elections: What next after far right surge?

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.

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French far right's Jordan Bardella denies media report he made anti-Semitic comments

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.

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France: National Group manages to form a group in the Senate for the first time

National group made a historic breakthrough in France by obtaining enough seats to form for the first time a parliamentary group in the Senate. After the senatorial elections of 2026, the party of Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, together with their allies of the UDR, reached at least 14 senators, exceeding the minimum required to form their own group.

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France: Le Pen's ultra-right wins ground in the Senate seven months after the presidential

The extreme right-wing National Group (RN) party of Marine Le Pen and its allies got enough seats in the French Senate to form a parliamentary group in the upper chamber for the first time in the party's history. RN won 14 seats out of a total of 348 on Sunday. Half of the Senate is elected by indirect vote every three years and the members of this chamber, dominated by the right, are in office for six years.

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Far-right politician Éric Zemmour joins 2027 French presidential race

French far-right politician Éric Zemmour said on Friday that he would run in next year's presidential election, joining far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, who was runner-up to President Emmanuel Macron in the last two elections. Zemmour is campaigning on a crackdown on immigration, including a plan to expel unemployed foreigners even if they are legal residents.