Jordan Bardella
France
National Rally
Member of the European Parliament
government
Jordan Bardella is a French politician who has been the president of the National Rally (RN) since 2022, after serving as acting president from September 2021 to November 2022 and as vice-president from 2019 to 2022. Bardella has also served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019, when he was the lead candidate for the RN in the European Parliament election, and has been a regional councillor of Île-de-France since 2015 but resigned from his mandate in 2025.
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Sep 10, 2026
Far Left
At the center of RN's leadership split with Le Pen, with both camps scrambling to control the narrative after a rocky start.
His political inexperience and rivalry with Le Pen are causing visible fractures that LFI uses to highlight the far right's incoherence.
Sep 8, 2026
Far Right
Reported in a BFMTV podcast discussing high tension with Marine Le Pen over the party's line.
RN supporters are concerned about any hint of division between Bardella and Le Pen, as unity is crucial for the 2027 campaign.
Sep 8, 2026
Center
His RN party is analyzing the AfD's win as a potential springboard for its own fortunes in France.
Renaissance sees his political rise as a direct threat, and this result likely fuels their vigilance against far-right normalisation.
Sep 8, 2026
Far Left
Marine Le Pen is tightening control over the RN's campaign team and program, overshadowing Bardella's growing influence.
LFI views Bardella as a dangerous far-right figure whose internal power struggles expose the RN's flaws.
Sep 7, 2026
Far Right
Signed a protocol accord with Nigel Farage and faced Retailleau's accusations of amateurism and sending the wrong message on Europe.
Some RN voters see his alliance with Farage as a betrayal of the party's nationalist sovereignty focus, while others fear it energizes rivals who call RN anti-European.
Sep 7, 2026
Lean Right
He signed a controversial immigration agreement with Nigel Farage for UK refoulement of migrant boats to France, drawing unanimous political criticism.
For LR, this pact is a double-edged sword, as it exposes the far-right's lack of viable policy and hands ammunition to political adversaries.
Sep 6, 2026
Far Right
Bardella denies tensions with Marine Le Pen from Italy, where he attends an economic forum.
RN supporters see Bardella as the disciplined leader deflecting leftist smears and internal divisions while representing national interests abroad.
Sep 6, 2026
Lean Right
Signed a 'historic' accord with Farage in Birmingham to stop illegal immigration, promising returns of migrants intercepted in the Channel.
For LR, Bardella's move is a direct competition to the right-wing electorate, but LR criticizes the RN's economic and European policies.
Sep 6, 2026
Lean Left
RN president backs Nigel Farage's embattled Reform UK party at Birmingham conference.
Highlights RN's far-right alliances, contradicting claims of normalisation; socialists oppose such links.
Sep 2, 2026
Lean Right
Bardella, RN leader, proposed a referendum to ban the Islamic veil in public spaces as part of a fight against Islamism.
LR sees this as an unconstitutional and divisive maneuver that undermines the balance between public order and religious freedom.