A president of the National Grouping who is not a Le Pen for the first time in 50 years. For his first speech as party leader, after months of acting, Jordan Bardella made sure to reassure as he projected into the upcoming presidential election.
“I owe what I am to Marine Le Pen. She made me discover politics (…) I would like to tell Marine my gratitude and my pride in working with her, but above all for her, ”said the 27-year-old. , with the lightning ascent, this Saturday afternoon at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris.
“The people of France forced to submit to an immigration policy”
The MEP was widely imposed on Louis Aliot with 84% of the votes this Saturday, after an internal contest without many suspense. The now party number one was a huge favorite as he has enjoyed Marine Le Pen’s trust for years.
In just ten years in the RN, Jordan Bardella can boast having topped the match-high scoring list at the 2019 Europeans – one point ahead of Renaissance – and holding the boat during the presidential election by crossing swords no less. of 4 ministers during the presidential election.
“Our country does not pretend to be the hotel of the world. The people of France are forced to submit to an immigration policy that they did not choose”, judged the new head of the movement again, taking up the classics of the party.
“Alternating is the emergency”
Among his roadmap for the coming years to take Marine Le Pen to the Elysée, the elect must step on the accelerator of the European elections with the hope of exceeding 30% in 2024. Winning cities during the next municipal elections is also one of his goals while his party only has one large municipality, Perpignan, led by his former competitor.
To do this, Jordan Bardella asked the activists for “exemplarity”, “discipline” and “responsibility”, promising that the RN “will succeed Emmanuel Macron”.
“We are going to frustrate, as we did for the legislative elections, all the scenarios that were played beforehand (…). Alternation is urgent,” the new head of the RN also launched.
“A ship that follows the course”
Finally, the twenty-year-old was eager to give promises of appeasement, after the tensions of this Saturday afternoon. The mayor of Hénin-Beaumont, Steeve Briois, who supported Louis Aliot in the race for the presidency, denounced an “atrophy” and a “beginning of a purge” of the party after his exclusion from the highest body of the movement.
“We work in harmony like the crew of a ship following the course to bring it back to port,” stressed the president of the movement.
Enough to spin the metaphor of “peaceful France”, used with some success by Marine Le Pen during the last presidential elections.
Source: BFM TV
