The director of the national gendarmerie considers “inadmissible” a visual of the National Rally displaying the words “I am a gendarme, I vote Bardella”. The boss of the RN responds coldly.
09:56 – Marie Toussaint “stunned but not surprised” by the controversial visual of the RN
“I am both stunned and absolutely not surprised,” declares the head of the list of environmentalists, questioned about the controversy between the RN and the director general of the national gendarmerie. “We know the vexed relationship of the National Rally to democracy,” attacks Marie Toussaint on France 2. “We have also seen their links with the regime of Vladimir Putin. We see their friendship with Viktor Orban, who is the leader of Hungary, which relentlessly undermines the rule of law.”
“We really have to fight against the National Rally,” concludes Marie Toussaint, adding: “The only vote that can prevent an alliance between the right and the extreme right in the European Parliament next Sunday is the vote ecologist.”
09:44 – “Is he here, lecturing him?” Attal criticizes Bardella’s response to the boss of the gendarmerie
The Prime Minister in turn reacts to the controversy over the RN visual on the gendarmerie. “What shocked a lot was Jordan Bardella’s response to the director general of the gendarmerie,” declared Gabriel Attal this morning on Franceinfo. “He is contemptuous, he speaks in a condescending tone and he lectures the director general of the national gendarmerie,” laments the head of government.
General Christian Rodriguez, recalls Gabriel Attal, “started in the mobile gendarmerie, Jordan Bardella and I were not born. And he is there, lecturing him?”
09:24 – Survey: LFI and EELV are regaining color, LR and Reconquête are struggling
Jordan Bardella’s National Rally list is still in the lead (32.5%) in the Elabe poll for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche, unveiled yesterday. 2nd position is still granted to the Macronist list of Valérie Hayer (16%), which regains half a point and consolidates its lead over that of Raphaël Glucksmann (13%).
The other left-wing lists recorded a slight rebound: Manon Aubry (LFI) is given 8% voting intentions, Marie Toussaint (EELV) at 7% and Léon Deffontaines (PCF) at 3%. Conversely, the Republicans of François-Xavier Bellamy fall to 6.5% and the Reconquest list of Marion Maréchal to 5%.
09:10 – Macron attempts one last move in this European campaign
The President of the Republic will speak Thursday evening on TF1 and France 2 at 8 p.m., live from Caen, where he will be for the commemorations of the Normandy landings. Emmanuel Macron will be interviewed by journalists Anne-Sophie Lapix and Gilles Bouleau.
“On the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings and a few days before the European elections, Emmanuel Macron will be live from Caen, where the Head of State is participating in several commemorative ceremonies. He will return to these subjects as well as the “international news in Ukraine and Gaza”, specify the two channels in a joint press release, published Sunday evening.
09:03 – Sébastien Lecornu calls to “never exploit the army”
The Minister of the Armed Forces in turn reacted to a similar visual from the National Rally, on which we can read: “I am a soldier, I vote Bardella.” “Respecting the Republic means NEVER exploiting the army which protects the Nation for electoral purposes,” retorted Sébastien Lecornu on Sunday on X.
???? I’m a soldier. On June 9, I vote @J_Bardella !
Against a European army which would cause us to lose a new part of sovereignty and against the sharing of our nuclear deterrent: on June 9, I am mobilizing and I am going to vote!#VivementLe9June pic.twitter.com/LpaccmFSuE
— Rassemblement National (@RNational_off) June 1, 2024
08:53 – Jordan Bardella responds to the boss of the gendarmes
The president of the National Rally did not fail to respond to Christian Rodriguez’s accusation. “The gendarmes respect the duty of reserve in their functions, unlike you, who publicly take sides with a political movement in the middle of an official campaign,” he pointed out on Sunday on X. “They are not sub-citizens: They vote, a lot for the RN, which seems to annoy you,” the head of the list once again told the Europeans.
08:50 – “This message is unacceptable”: the director of the gendarmerie reframes the RN
Christian Rodriguez, director of the national gendarmerie, reacted strongly to a visual broadcast by the National Rally on social networks: we see a gendarme from behind, accompanied by the words “I am a gendarme, I vote Bardella”. The party’s publication is followed by a message: “Because I want the French to live in safety in a country where order is respected and where people do not risk their lives for a sideways glance, on June 9 I am voting for Jordan Bardella’s list.”
“You seem to be unaware that military status prohibits this type of message,” Christian Rodriguez responded on Sunday on X, deeming this message “inadmissible”. “And the least we can expect is that you respect the gendarme and his status, in these periods when his commitment can lead him to the worst consequences,” he added.