Marine Le Pen, visiting New Caledonia, reappears Jordan Bardella on his information of the archipelago and reaffirms his standing as “presidential candidate” | EUROtoday

Marine Le Pen, chief of the deputies of the National Rally (RN), took benefit of a go to to New Caledonia, Thursday, May 29, to strengthen his presidential stature, tackling the president of the RN, Jordan Bardella-who doesn’t conceal his ambitions for 2027 if the File File File Chef was “Prevented” -, on his information of the archipelago.
“I am a presidential candidate and therefore tomorrow I can be brought, if I am elected, (…) to have an active part in the decisions that could be taken ” Regarding the institutional future of the archipelago, said Marine Le Pen, despite her sentence at first instance, In particular to five years of ineligibility, in the case of parliamentary assistants, at the end of March. She added that it would be a “Good factor” that it can participate in the consultations summoned in mid-June on this subject by President Emmanuel Macron, after the failure of recent negotiations.
Asked about the opportunity of being accompanied throughout these discussions of Jordan Bardella, she cracked: “I am not sure that Jordan, suddenly, knows the problems of New Caledonia very well. We share our talents. »»
“I know very well the overseas files”
On the sidelines of a visit to the Nickel SLN factory in Nouméa, Mme Le Pen, who must be tried on appeal in the first half of 2026, argued before the press his score of “40 %” during the 2022 presidential election in New Caledonia and the fact that it was again “Candidate” in 2027.
Marine Le Pen “Is invested on this subject for a very long time, it is today the best placed to represent our movement in these consultationsreacted the president of the RN on BFM-TV. But, I reassure you, I know very well the overseas files and in particular the file of French Caledonia ”. Asked right here Gard Lozère, Jordan Bardella added that Marine Le Pen’s sentence had been “Release of context”. “I will not enter the competition of the Little sentence, which consists in an additional time, to over -organize what is said on both sides”he stated.
For her half, the president of the RN group within the National Assembly stated he wished “Moderation” and signify “A middle way” between “A radicality of part of the separatists, but also a radicality of part of the loyalists” in New Caledonia. “I am modest, I am not saying that I will solve the problem, I say that I think I can bring my stone to the building”stated Marine Le Pen.
She then claimed, earlier than a gathering with enterprise leaders, that she was going to “Writing to the President of the Republic from [son] Back to Paris “ At the tip of the week to be on the dialogue desk.
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