In a daily interview Le Figaro, the president of the French National Rally party confirms that he will be at the top of the list in the European elections of 2024 as five years ago. With this ballot, Jordan Bardella counts “ punish the government » and prepare the post-Macron. What should we take away from this interview?
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Arrived at the top of the 2019 ballot with 23.34% of the votes in front of the presidential majority, Jordan Bardella as leader of the RN this year in the Europeans, the hypothesis was hardly in doubt.
Candidacy that he justifies by the distribution of roles with the president of the National Rally group in the Assembly, Marine Le Pen. Jordan Bardella also evokes a complementary duo.
The president of the party sees in this election “ the only opportunity for the French to sanction the government and prepare for the post-Emmanuel Macron “, and the last step that separates the RN from power.
He poses as a candidate for supporters of power ” from France, ” in the face of the forces of renunciation that range from Jean-Luc Mélenchon to Emmanuel Macron “.
He intends to collect all those who think that France is still a great nation with a millennial identity, a culture, a genius, borders and prosperity to conquer “, he explains.
Among the main political parties, Europe Ecology-Les Verts has already nominated Marie Toussaint as head of the list for the European elections and the Communist Party, Léon Deffontaines.
As for the presidential majority, the candidate has not yet been arrested and, on the left, discussions continue to get bogged down with La France insoumise, which is campaigning for a common list.
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