What the far right’s Jordan Bardella would do as France’s PM

The 28-year-old chief of the National Rally party said in an interview that he was confident of winning an outright majority in legislative elections starting this weekend.

Leila Abboud and Ben Hall

Jun 27, 2024 – 5.23pm

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Paris | Jordan Bardella, the far-right candidate to be France’s prime minister, has pledged to fight a “cultural battle” against Islamism and secure an EU budget rebate even as he promised “a lot of pragmatism” on the economy if his party wins snap elections.

The 28-year-old chief of the National Rally (RN) party said in a Financial Times interview that he was confident of winning an outright majority in legislative elections, which would force President Emmanuel Macron into a “cohabitation”, or power-sharing government, with a potentially antagonistic counterpart.

Financial Times