Far from Lepéniste populism, Jordan Bardella erects the “reasonable” Giorgia Meloni as a mannequin | EUROtoday

By atavism or opportunism, Jordan Bardella has, in latest months, his eyes riveted to Italy, the nation of three of his grandparents. In his mouth recurrently returns the title of that which appears to represent the brand new reference of the “Plan B” of the French excessive proper: Giorgia Meloni.

The president of the Italian council is nevertheless not the ally of the National Rally (RN). Marine Le Pen has all the time most well-liked her populist Matteo Salvini (Lega), to whom she nonetheless visited Rome on May 11, and who will take part in an RN assembly on June 9 within the Loiret. The two leaders are linked by pleasant loyalty and a few founding rules: exacerbated populism, obsession with Islam, rejection of immigration, mistrust of the European Union (EU) and historic proximity to Russia.

Jordan Bardella has solely eyes for the nationwide adviser, liberal on the financial stage, by Giorgia Meloni-although he sits within the European Parliament with the elected officers of Matteo Salvini. At the danger of elevating some eyebrows in sure “maritistes”: “Giorgia Meloni has results and can be a presentable European model, but it is not our line. And, if there is an attempt to abandon the populist line, then it is dangerous ”warns an influential deputy.

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