In response to Emmanuel Macron’s speech on Europe this Thursday, April 25 at the Sorbonne, Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally (RN) list, well ahead in all the polls, denounces an operation of ” self-satisfaction » of the head of state in front of the press. Before disappearing while ignoring the journalists’ questions.
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Twenty minutes of speech, watch in hand, at the Paris headquarters of the National Rally (RN). Behind his desk, Jordan Bardella recycles a few barbs against the head of state, Emmanuel Macron, whom he describes as “ spokesperson » by Valérie Hayer, the head of the list of her party, Renaissance.
Jordan Bardella wants to set up a duel with the president by calling for “ sanction the French government and Macron’s Europe “, For ” open the way to work-study “. Emmanuel Macron “ decided to intervene directly and personally in an electoral campaign » and will have to assume the “ consequences ” in case of ” disavowal », assures Jordan Bardella who warns: if his list distances itself from that of the presidential camp, on June 9, he will request the dissolution of the National Assembly.
The boss of the RN outlines the main aspects of his project, without making the slightest announcement. He castigates the “ bureaucratic disease » of the European Commission, “ punitive ecology » and fights against “ massive immigration, the main issue of these elections “.
Then he leaves the room when answering questions from journalists. His campaign director finds himself alone in front of the press and dares to make a comparison with Emmanuel Macron who, too, “ did not answer the questions » from the press a few hours earlier at the Sorbonne.
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The favorite in the polls shuns the debates
This new episode illustrates the increasingly complicated relationships between the head of the RN list and the media. Jordan Bardella scrupulously chooses his appearances on TV sets and skips debates in which all the other heads of lists participate, notably the one organized by RFI and France 24 on April 10.
The young nationalist leader no longer speaks to journalists off microphone, in “ off », as is the tradition in the electoral campaign. Would the favorite refuse to take risks when he has never been so high in the polls? A deputy who knows him very well smiles: “ Jordan Bardella has a lot of qualities but risk is not his thing ! »
The president of the National Rally will hold an important public meeting on Wednesday May 1 in Perpignan, a city whose mayor is Louis Aliot (RN), alongside Marine Le Pen and the first 35 running mates on his list for the Europeans.
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