“Beginning of the purge”: after the election of Bardella, Briois fears a “strategy of union of the radical rights”
Steeve Briois, one of Louis Aliot’s supporters in the internal competition of the RN, expressed his dissatisfaction in a press release.
He regretted in this text the “strategy of union of the radical rights, which failed in the presidential election”.
“Unable to endorse this new posture which worries me a lot for the future of our political family, I choose to refuse Jordan Bardella’s proposal to appoint me to the national office”, further explained the mayor of Hénin-Beaumont. .
He also denounced “a pretext for not confessing what is more like the beginning of a purge against those who defend the social line”.
11 years after his arrival at the head of the RN, Le Pen evokes “his emotion” by passing on “the torch” to Bardella
The patron saint of RN deputies who has just officially left her function as party president wanted to show her attachment to the movement.
“It is with some emotion that I leave today the presidency of the National Rally. Congratulations to our new president, Jordan Bardella, to whom I pass the torch today”, tweeted Marine Le Pen.
Jordan Bardella, “a power-obsessed” at the head of the National Rally
For the first time since the creation of the party in 1972, it is not a Le Pen who leads the National Rally. Jordan Bardella has just largely won the internal competition against Louis Aliot, with nearly 85% of the vote, just 10 years after his debut as a poster gluer.
BFMTV.com takes a look back at the whirlwind journey of a man some consider Marine Le Pen’s “shadow” here.
National office of the RN: 2 supporters of Louis Aliot refuse the outstretched hand of Jordan Bardella
After his victory, Jordan Bardella attempts reconciliation with the supporters of Louis Aliot, his opponent in the internal competition.
The new president proposed to the deputy Bruno Bilde and to the mayor of Hénin-Beaumont Steeve Briois to be appointed to the national office of the party.
The two men rejected him after several tense exchanges during the internal campaign, according to information from BFMTV.
After the victory of Jordan Bardella, Sébastien Chenu acclaimed by RN activists
The election of Jordan Bardella at the head of the RN takes place at the same time as that of the National Council. Sébastien Chenu came first, followed by David Rachline.
Among this kind of party parliament, there are still new deputies like Laure Lavalette, Edwige Diaz or Laurent Jacobelli.
Jordan Bardella elected president of the RN, he takes over from Marine Le Pen
Jordan Bardella, acting president of the RN, becomes long-term party president this Saturday.
Marine Le Pen announced that her successor was elected by party members with a particularly high score: 84.84% of the vote. Louis Aliot collects for his part 15.16% of the votes.
Jordan Bardella, the big favorite, takes over from Marine Le Pen, who took over the reins of the party in 2011.
We explain here its roadmap for the next few years
“It was healthy to leave the place”: Marine Le Pen explains his departure from the head of the RN
Marine Le Pen explains his departure from the head of the RN, while Jordan Bardella is the big favorite to succeed him.
“After 10 years, it was healthy to leave the place,” she said, when she became party president in 2011.
“There is still a lot to do”: Marine Le Pen assures the RN of her loyalty
Marine Le Pen assures that her departure from the presidency of the RN does not mean that she is abandoning the party.
“I do not leave the RN to go on vacation, I remain mobilized”, she assures, “I will be where the country needs me”.
“There is still a lot to do,” she says.
Marine Le Pen believes that the RN is now the “party of government of tomorrow”
Marine Le Pen says she is convinced that the RN has “won the ideological battle” and that it is now not only a “party of government”, but also “the government party of tomorrow”.
She salutes a party in particular “refounded and rejuvenated”.
“One of my greatest pride”: Marine Le Pen welcomes the creation of a “new political elite” at the RN
Marine Le Pen welcomes the creation of a “new political elite” at the RN, elected officials “who bring honor” to the RN and who are “in the image of society” and from “all origins”.
“It’s one of my greatest prides,” she says.
Marine Le Pen denounces “the lie” and “the slander” of which she considers that the RN was the victim
Marine Le Pen denounced the “lie”, “falsification” and “slander” of which the RN has been the victim, according to her, during its history.
“Those who wanted to inflict mortal blows on us have seen their hope shattered”, “history dismisses them”, she welcomes herself however.
Marine Le Pen affirms a difference “in nature” between the RN and the other parties
Marine Le Pen affirms the particularity of the RN, refusing to be a party “to the right of the right”. “We are elsewhere than the right,” she says.
“Between us and the others, there is not a difference of degree, but of nature”, she still assures.
“We were right before the others”: Marine Le Pen opens the RN congress
Marine Le Pen is pleased that the RN has been able “in 40 years of combat to put social issues at the heart of public debate”.
“We were right before the others,” she says, hailing the historic fight of the FN, which has become RN, against communism, globalism and Islamism.
Marine Le Pen salutes those who “opened the way” for the RN, including Jean-Marie Le Pen
Marine Le Pen speaks during an inaugural speech at the RN congress this Saturday at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris and salutes those who “opened the way” for the RN, including Jean-Marie Le Pen
She looks back on the history of the former FN, which became RN, a party “with its faults, but which had the merit of patriotism”.
Racist incident in the Assembly: a Renaissance deputy denounces the insults received after his support for the LFI deputy
The vice-president of the Renaissance deputies, ex LREM, Sylvain Maillard denounces this Saturday on Twitter the insulting letters he received after condemning the exit of the deputy RN Grégoire de Fournas and supporting the deputy LFI Carlos Martens Bilongo.
“The Renaissance deputies will never compromise on our republican values!”, He assures, while deploring “a text where the insult mixes without shame with anti-Semitism”.
Racist incident in the Assembly: Marine Le Pen recognizes a “clumsiness” of the deputy RN
She recognizes a “clumsiness”, but points to an excessive sanction. While the RN deputy from Gironde Grégoire de Fournas was given a 15-day exclusion from the hemicycle after his racist remarks, Marine Le Pen denounced Friday the reaction of the office of the National Assembly and the elected representatives of the other groups.
In particular, she points the finger at the elected LFI, whom she accuses of deliberately stirring up controversy, while the RN congress is looming this Saturday.
At 27, Jordan Bardella, loyal to Marine Le Pen, big favorite to succeed him
The announced coronation of Jordan Bardella must complete a meteoric rise started in 2019 when he took the lead of the RN list for Europeans, before winning the interim presidency of the party last year.
Originally from Seine-Saint-Denis, the one who celebrated his 27th birthday in mid-September was mainly revealed during the presidential campaign through televised debates where his ease and skill sometimes put seasoned opponents in difficulty.
Popular with the militant base, sometimes presented as the “creature” of the boss of the French far right, he will now have to find his place.
Marine Le Pen aims for 2027 by passing the baton of the presidency of the RN
11 years after taking the helm of the party, Marine Le Pen will hand over. For the first time, the president of the RN will not come from the Le Pen family, Jordan Bardella and Louis Aliot being the two candidates.
For Marine Le Pen, this choice should allow the former presidential candidate to free herself from stewardship and better prepare for the future, her fourth candidacy in 2027.
Jordan Bardella also repeatedly praises his “singular relationship of invaluable trust” with Marine Le Pen, to whom he regularly swears fidelity and loyalty.
The vote of the new president of the RN in a context marked by the racist incident in the National Assembly
Bad timing for the RN. The party must appoint its new president this Saturday, the day after the exclusion of one of its deputies for remarks deemed racist in the National Assembly.
Grégoire de Fournas, elected from Gironde, received the most severe sanction: 15 days of exclusion from the hemicycle.
An episode that brings out the dark side of the RN from which the party had tried to break away in recent years.
Jordan Bardella tipped to succeed Marine Le Pen at the head of the RN
At 27, the interim president of the RN Jordan Bardella should take over from Marine Le Pen in the long term at the head of the far-right party, while he counts as his only opponent the mayor of Perpignan Louis Aliot.
A vote without stakes? “The question is the extent of his victory”, sums up an executive, while the MEP has set himself the objective of obtaining at least 67.65% of the votes, the score obtained by Marine Le Pen against to Bruno Gollnisch to succeed Jean-Marie Le Pen eleven years ago.
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