The Associated Press reported that Jordan Bardella rejected allegations published by Mediapart and said he had filed a libel action.
The Associated Press reported that Jordan Bardella denied antisemitic remarks attributed to him by Mediapart, while Marine Le Pen and National Rally allies defended him. Bardella said he had filed a libel action, and the allegations remain disputed.
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen and her National Rally allies have rallied behind Jordan Bardella after Mediapart attributed antisemitic conspiracy-theory comments to him in private written exchanges from more than a decade ago, The Associated Press reported. Bardella, who Le Pen says would become prime minister if she wins the presidency, denied authorship and called the allegations a “dirty-tricks operation.” Le Pen described the accusations as part of an effort to destabilise her campaign. The allegations remain disputed, while a French Jewish umbrella group said they would undermine the party’s efforts to distance itself from its antisemitic past if substantiated.
