Not even time to Marine Le Pen to crown him his future Prime Minister and face of National gathering and skeletons are already starting to come out of the closet Jordan Bardella. The transmission “Further investigation“, on air France2has in fact revealed that the new president of the party and future leader of the European, between 2015 and 2017 he managed a Twitter account that insulted journalists and relaunched racist content. The party rushed to the defense of its young rampant by asking for the program to be blocked, but the news was also confirmed at Release from two internal sources.
The account is still online and uses the handle “RepNat du Gaito“. And according to some rumors circulating in recent hours (but not confirmed) until last night he was followed by Le Pen herself. The latest tweets date back to 2017a few months before the presidential elections and when Bardella was councilor for the Paris region of Ile-de-France and secretary of the Front National for the Seine-Saint Denis department. In the flow of messages that were posted, among others, the former Socialist candidate was targeted Benoit Hamon with Islamophobic references. But not only. At a certain point, a photo of a swimming pool also appears Creteilon the outskirts of Paris, with the title “The Black Sea” making a racist reference to the people present.
The Rassemblement national has denied any connection from the beginning, despite various confirmations reported by public television itself and by the French newspaper. “This broadcast – the RN spokesperson told France Info – Sébastien Odoul – it is a vulgar manipulation that aims to discredit our list at the European elections.” The Lepenist party reacted as soon as a preview of the report was published on social media: “You spread a lie, without even using the conditional and without specifying Bardella’s denial, who formally denies being the author of those publications”, he tweeted Victor Chabertpress officer of the Rn.
But denials or not, it’s still a big blow Le Pen’s normalization strategy who is working tirelessly for the next presidential elections. And that, less than a week ago, you made it official that you have a very prestigious post in mind for your just 28-year-old protégé: “I have made the decision, as a potential presidential candidate, to present to the French people the person who he will be the prime minister if I am elected,” she said in an interview with le Journal du Dimanche. Or rather, Bardella. “This ticket is absolutely necessary because the French must know who will be the head of government if they have confidence in us.” A ticket that worries Macron himself, struggling with the race to prepare his successor: the decision to make a reshuffle, appointing the young Gabriel Attal to form an executive moved even further to the right, makes it clear that the challenge between the two is already underway. And Bardella’s face is the first to show a collapse.