RN PRESIDENT. The vote of the members of the National Rally to elect the future president of the party ends this Thursday, November 3. Jordan Bardella is favorite against Louis Aliot to succeed Marine Le Pen but the verdict will not be known until November 5.
[Mis à jour le 3 novembre 2022 à 16h15] The National Rally is about to experience the end of a cycle. This Thursday, November 3, 2022 is the last day during which the 40,000 members of the far-right party can vote for who will be their next leader, who will not bear the surname Le Pen, for the first time in history. party. In the race, two men, Jordan Bardella and Louis Aliot, but the same line defended, that of continuity with Marine Le Pen. Because it should not be mistaken, if the leader of the party to the flame leaves her place as president, she does not in any way give up her role as leader. Only, instead of playing in the sole context of partisan campaigns, she is pursuing her presidential ambitions for 2027 in the National Assembly.
While Louis Aliot, mayor of Perpignan, or Jordan Bardella, acting party president for a year, wins the presidency of the RN does not seem to have any real importance. Both will follow the tracks laid by the daughter of the Le Pen family. Which did not even express a preference, that is to say if the two men are following in her footsteps. If the vote closes this Thursday, it is only Saturday, November 5 during the 18th congress of the RN in Paris that the name of the winner will be known. In theory, therefore, no preference, but in fact the right arm of Marine Le Pen placed at the head of the political formation during the presidential campaign is ultra favorite. After three months of campaigning, many executives consider the defeat of Jordan Bardella unthinkable, “the question is the extent of his victory”, according to the confidences of an RN deputy to Nice morning this November 3. Behind the scenes, information is circulating that the young 27-year-old politician would aim for a score at least equal to that of Marine Le Pen when she succeeded her father eleven years ago: 67.25% of the vote.
Who are the candidates to become president of the RN?
They are only two to have applied to become president of the National Rally: Louis Aliot and Jordan Bardella. Unsurprisingly, these are two relatives of Marine Le Pen and two men who follow the same political line as the Le Pen heiress. The first 53-year-old and mayor of Perpignan, announced his candidacy on July 28 in the columns of Opinion. The one who has been a member of the flame party since 1990 and was vice-president of the political party from 2011 to 2018 then since July 2021 knows the workings of the RN, he even had a relationship with Marine Le Pen. In the opinion paper, the man boasted of having the necessary background as a “father of a family, doctor of law, lecturer at the university and then lawyer” to take the lead of the party and put the course for the presidential election of 2027. The city councilor has already thought of its all-digital strategy supposed to facilitate the management and establishment of the RN: “Our local establishment and executive training projects are of paramount importance for local elections. to come. This is the stake of our success in the next presidential election!
Opposite, the second candidate is the son-in-law and especially the right arm of Marine Le Pen for years. The MEP has been a member of the RN since he was 16 and at only 27 he has already been placed at the head of the direction of the Youth Movement before being head of the list for the European elections and coming in first ahead of La Republic on the move and then to be appointed interim president of the party during the presidential campaign. Jordan Bardella made his candidacy official in a letter sent to members on August 31 in which he explained that he was aiming for the presidency to “continue the victorious path that we took behind Marine Le Pen” and “so that we remain this great coherent, popular force, meritocratic, rooted in the territories and where each of you will find your place.” The politician who emerged during the campaign against seasoned politicians believes he has a certain lead over his adversary, especially he believes he can, through his youth, “open [le] movement to a new electorate” who does not yet vote RN as he indicated at the microphone of France info in September 2022. Jordan Bardella must however be wary because if he embraces the same political line as Marine Le Pen, he has also, in the eyes of some, shown himself to be a little too close to identity politics and former members of the party who joined Reconquest ! even though Marine Le Pen has made it a point of honor to differentiate herself from Eric Zemmour’s party.
Why does Marine Le Pen give up the presidency of the RN?
Arrived at the head of the former FN in January 2011 after being elected against Bruno Gollnisch, Marine Le Pen will officially let go of her post as president of the National Rally. Since September 13, 2021, she has already handed over to Jordan Bardella, appointed interim president, so that the candidate can devote herself to the presidential campaign. Since then, the member for Pas-de-Calais has not returned to her post. And won’t take it back. She announced it on June 20. “I will not take over the head of the RN. I will concentrate on the presidency of this very large group”, she had justified, referring to the group of 89 RN deputies in the National Assembly, a mission on which she wishes to fully concentrate. .
When will the new president of the RN be known?
The National Rally has set the schedule for organizing the vote, which David Rachline is responsible for. The candidates had until Friday, September 9 to collect sponsorships and officially declare themselves candidates. Voting began on Friday September 30 and will close on Thursday November 3. The results will be announced on Saturday 5 November.
The future president of the National Rally is elected by the members of the party. Voting takes place electronically only. The ballot lasts a month, between September 30 and November 3.