At the nationwide rally, the bounds of the Bardella methodology | EUROtoday

At the nationwide rally, the bounds of the Bardella methodology
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Jordan Bardella, during a meeting, in Montélimar (Drôme), on February 1, 2025.

When Marine Le Pen entrusted him with the reins of the National Rally (RN) in 2021, Jordan Bardella shortly felt “As at the helm of Titanic »»in a party deserted by executives and activists attracted by Eric Zemmour. Three years have passed and Jordan Bardella is, perhaps, a few hours before having to take the helm of a presidential campaign, if in adventure Marine Le Pen was struck on Monday, March 31, with an ineligibility sentence with provisional execution in the case of European parliamentary assistants of the National Front (FN, which has become RN since 2018). Could he?

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Under its governing and trained by its popularity, the RN broke voice records, in 2024, during the European (31.37 %) and legislative (33.35 % in the first round with its allies) and left the red, financially speaking (4.3 million euros in 2023). But, behind the flashy window, the MEP has hitherto failed to transform its training into “Government social gathering”.

By assuming the management of the organization co-founded by Jean-Marie Le Pen in 1972, Jordan Bardella had not only accompanying the race towards the Elysée of Marine Le Pen, but also legitimizing and solidifying his status as an alternative in the event of an impediment or renunciation of it. Two objectives undermined by idleness which still presides, under its mandate, to the destinies of the party.

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