Jordan Bardella, head of the National Rally list, is the favorite in the European election poll results. Almost certain to have elected candidates, will the party have more than the presidential majority?
The National Rally is undoubtedly the big favorite in the 2024 European elections. Poll results have put it in the lead for almost a year and the trend has been confirmed in recent weeks. And not only to remain at the head of voting intentions, the Lepenist party led by Jordan Bardella has further progressed and widened the gap with its competitors.
If the poll forecasts do not guarantee the results, it seems obvious that the National Rally will see several of its candidates elected. The issue for the party is rather to know how much? Will they be more numerous than those in the majority in the European Parliament?
Jordan Bardella, party leader and head of the list
It is none other than the president of the National Rally who is the head of the party’s list in the European elections. Jordan Bardella, already elected to the European Parliament in 2019, therefore wishes to run again for a new mandate. The young 28-year-old politician is taking up more and more space within the party, but without breaking the tandem he forms with Marine Le Pen. The duo is moving forward and hopes to make the European elections a springboard before the presidential election of 2027. As in the last elections, the RN seeks to transform the elections into a duel against the presidential majority except that in this case it seems able to do so. take away.
Who are the RN candidates? The complete list
81 candidates are present on the National Rally list for the European elections. Before the lists were made official, the party had revealed the names of the first 35 candidates. The full list was published by the Interior Ministry.
Some candidates are outgoing MPs, others are party figures and still others come from civil society. According to projections, the top thirty candidates are deemed eligible, but their election will depend on the results on election day.
- Jordan BardellaMEP since 2019
- Malika Sorel
- Fabrice Leggeri
- Mathilde Androuët, MEP since 2019
- Jean-Paul GarraudMEP since 2019
- Melanie Disdier
- Matthieu Valet
- Anne-Sophie Frigout
- Thierry MarianiMEP since 2019
- Pascale Piera
- Philippe OlivierMEP since 2019
- Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain
- Alexandre Varaut
- Catherine GrisetMEP since 2019
- Gilles Pennelle
- Virginie JoronMEP since 2019
- Julian Sanchez
- Julie Rechagneux
- Aleksandar Nikolic
- Valérie Deloge
- Rody Tolassy
- Marie DauchyMEP since 2022
- Pierre-Romain Thionnet
- Nathaly Antona
- Pierre Pimpie
- Sylvie Josserand
- Julien Leonardelli
- Angeline Furet
- Gaëtan Dussausaye
- France JametMEP since 2017
- André Rougé, MEP since 2019
- Séverine Werbrouck
- Christopher Bay
- Eléonore Bez
- Andrea Kotarac
How many eligible candidates according to the poll results?
A list must obtain at least 5% of the votes in the European elections to see some of its candidates elected. The number of people elected out of the 81 candidates present on the lists of each party is proportional to the result obtained on election day. A minimum of 5% gets 4 seats, 10% gets 8 seats, etc.
Taking into account the results of the National Rally in the results of the European election polls, the party could be the one with the greatest number of elected candidates, between 25 and 30 according to projections, or around ten more than in 2019. It is necessary keep in mind that poll results and projections are only predictions representing voting trends at a given time and cannot be understood as reliable predictions.
What is the National Rally’s program for the European elections?
If the Rally says it no longer wants to leave Europe, it wishes to fundamentally review how it works. His program therefore distinguishes between European measures to be retained, some to be improved and others to be removed. Jordan Bardella said he wanted to shape a “Europe of nations” in which member countries could enjoy their sovereignty. For this, the party focuses on protection and production always according to the nationalist prism of the extreme right.
First on protection, the RN wants to put an end to the current management by the European Union of immigration within member states in addition to strengthening the fight against illegal immigration and border control. Concerning production, Jordan Bardella says he wants to fight against unfair competition caused by certain free trade agreements and revive European production, particularly in terms of energy with nuclear power.
But Marine Le Pen’s party ultimately modeled its program on the conservative ideas advocated by the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, in which the RN sits in the European Parliament. A common strategy adopted by ID member parties across Europe. The program is summarized in six major points:
- Respect for democracy and the rejection of any totalitarian ideology;
- The rejection of a supranational European model to protect the sovereignty of member states which must cooperate and not be directed;
- The preservation of the identity of the peoples and nations of Europe according to the specific characteristics of each nation, particularly in the face of immigration;
- The rights for each member to defend their specific and unique economic, social, cultural and territorial models in Europe;
- The defense of individual freedoms;
- The use of culture as a basis for all political action.