Sep 29, 2026 · 42 min · 10 segments
Minor bump on the French far-right’s road to power—or a car crash that wipes out years of rebranding? Bombshell allegations of past antisemitic tropes by the man Marine Le Pen has touted as her…
François PicardHost
Emma-Kate SimonsGuestRandy YellowsGuestDamien LecomteGuestCharlie James
Jordan Bardella telling a meeting of French National Assembly and Senate lawmakers from his voting bloc that the accusations that stem from written documents between 2013 and 2015 are part of, quote, an all-out war against his party.
Before the press and his party's MPs, Jordan Bardella fights back against allegations he peddled in anti-Semitic stereotypes in his youth.
The leader of France's far-right National Rally Party says the allegations uncovered this week are an attempt to kill his political career.
We're going to wage a battle, a legal battle.
I repeat what I told the press last night and this morning.
These statements and positions have never been mine.
On Monday, investigative website MediaPart published several anti-Semitic messages it claims Jordan Bardella made in a chat conversation back in 2013.
At the time, Bardella was 18 years old, a young activist campaigning for what was then called the National Front Party.
Bardella is expected to become prime minister if his party's presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, wins the election in April.
He calls the allegations an attempt to hurt his party's chances of taking power.
We have sensed the onset of all-out war and attempts to destabilize the presidential campaign.
Attempts that, I'm telling you, will target us one by one.
Marine Le Pen is standing by her political protégé and says she believes the messages are fake.
comments.
These remarks are absolutely revolting.
I knew they are accurate, as the news outlet Mediapart claims they are.
They demonstrate once again that anti-Semitism is in the DNA of the French far-right.
Bardella has filed a defamation lawsuit against the investigative website.
MediaPart maintains it authenticated the comments, but has not shared how it obtained them.
Jordan Bardella telling a meeting of French National Assembly and Senate lawmakers from his voting bloc that the accusations that stem from written documents between 2013 and 2015 are part of, quote, an all-out war against his party.
Before the press and his party's MPs, Jordan Bardella fights back against allegations he peddled in anti-Semitic stereotypes in his youth.
The leader of France's far-right National Rally Party says the allegations uncovered this week are an attempt to kill his political career.
We're going to wage a battle, a legal battle.
I repeat what I told the press last night and this morning.
These statements and positions have never been mine.
On Monday, investigative website MediaPart published several anti-Semitic messages it claims Jordan Bardella made in a chat conversation back in 2013.
At the time, Bardella was 18 years old, a young activist campaigning for what was then called the National Front Party.
Bardella is expected to become prime minister if his party's presidential candidate, Marine Le Pen, wins the election in April.
He calls the allegations an attempt to hurt his party's chances of taking power.
We have sensed the onset of all-out war and attempts to destabilize the presidential campaign.
Attempts that, I'm telling you, will target us one by one.
Marine Le Pen is standing by her political protégé and says she believes the messages are fake.
comments.
These remarks are absolutely revolting.
I knew they are accurate, as the news outlet Mediapart claims they are.
They demonstrate once again that anti-Semitism is in the DNA of the French far-right.
Bardella has filed a defamation lawsuit against the investigative website.
MediaPart maintains it authenticated the comments, but has not shared how it obtained them.
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