French Right-Wing Leader Bardella Files Lawsuit Over Antisemitic Remarks Allegation
Mediapart said it authenticated dozens of private messages and cited a pattern of antisemitic and conspiratorial rhetoric, while Bardella calls the claims false.
- On Monday, investigative site Mediapart published a report alleging National Rally leader Jordan Bardella wrote antisemitic private messages between 2013 and 2015, which Bardella denied as "crude forgeries" while filing a defamation lawsuit.
- Bardella has served as the primary face of the National Rally's decade-long "de-demonization" strategy, aiming to distance the party from antisemitic roots under founder Jean-Marie Le Pen, who was repeatedly convicted of hate speech.
- Mediapart maintains it "independently authenticated" dozens of messages where Bardella allegedly wrote "the banks are all owned by Jews" and that "the Jew must dominate other peoples," though it did not produce screenshots.
- Marine Le Pen, party president and presidential frontrunner, expressed "total confidence" in Bardella, while he condemned the allegations as a "total war" and "dirty-tricks operation" aimed at destabilizing the campaign.
- CRIF head Yonathan Arfi warned the allegations represent "a stinging repudiation" of the party's sanitization strategy, as the legal battle may determine whether this controversy disrupts the National Rally's 2027 presidential momentum.
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Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s intended prime minister, faces antisemitism allegations
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Reactions followed the publication by the Mediapart news site of old anti-Semitic messages attributed to the president of the RN.
If Jordan Bardella is to be believed, he is the victim of a "political assassination attempt." But there is much evidence that accusations of fervent anti-Semitism in his youth could cost the right-wing nationalist leader dearly.
French Far-Right Leader Bardella Says He Has Filed Lawsuit Over Antisemitic Remarks Claim
French far–right leader Jordan Bardella said on Monday he had filed a defamation lawsuit against investigative website Mediapart over a report alleging he made antisemitic remarks in private messages over a decade ago, saying the story was an effort to “destabilize”...
The president of a party founded by former Waffen-SS would be... anti-Semitic. This is what Mediapart reveals in an investigation published yesterday, which highlights the conspiracy and anti-Semitic writings attributed to Jordan Bardella.
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