French Far Right Accuses Left of Threatening ‘Civil Peace’ if Le Pen Wins
Jordan Bardella said left-wing calls for civil disobedience show the campaign is turning more confrontational as Marine Le Pen leads the polls.
- On Saturday, National Rally president Jordan Bardella accused the left of seeking to "undermine civil peace" should Marine Le Pen win the presidential election next spring, calling it an "admission of weakness."
- France Unbowed parliamentary leader Mathilde Panot and Greens leader Marine Tondelier recently said they would support "civil disobedience" if the National Rally wins, prompting Bardella's concern about threats to democratic institutions.
- During a Thursday debate, hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon vowed to "disobey" European decisions contradicting voter wishes and proposed canceling a chunk of France's public debt, fueling Bardella's concerns about his "true intentions."
- TotalEnergies chief executive Patrick Pouyanne warned on Saturday that a Le Pen-Melenchon runoff could "pose a risk to France," while a Medef survey found 82% of business leaders are pessimistic about the next president's economic policies.
- With less than eight months until the election, far-right leader Le Pen remains the polling front-runner. Republican candidate Bruno Retailleau vowed on Friday to stay in the race despite analysts warning a crowded field risks fragmenting the moderate vote.
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French far right accuses left of threatening ‘civil peace’ if Le Pen wins
Analysts say the appeal of political extremes is growing in France, and recent surveys show that Jean-Luc Melenchon, the divisive leader of hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), may have the best chance of reaching the run-off against Le Pen
French Far-Right Accuses Left of Threatening ‘Civil Peace’ if Le Pen Wins
The French far-right on Saturday accused the left of seeking to "undermine civil peace" should Marine Le Pen win the presidential election next spring, underscoring the increasingly confrontational tone of the campaign. With less than eight months to go before France's presidential election, far-right leader Le Pen, 58, remains the front-runner in the polls.
Far right says left will threaten 'civil peace' if Le Pen wins French election
Jordan Bardella, head of the Rassemblement National, questioned on Saturday the intentions of left-wing political figures, a number of whom have raised the prospect of 'civil disobedience' should Marine Le Pen win next year's presidential election.
French far right accuses left of threatening 'civil peace' if Le Pen wins
The French far-right on Saturday accused the left of seeking to "undermine civil peace" should Marine Le Pen win the presidential election next spring, underscoring the increasingly confrontational tone of the campaign.
Jordan Bardella accused the left this Saturday of wanting "to question civil peace" in the event of Marine Le Pen's victory in the presidential elections, during his return trip to the Châlons-en-Champagne Fair. An agitated start to the campaign. Asked during his trip to Châlons-en-Champagne about the calls for "disobedience" launched to the left if the RN came to power, Jordan Bardella saw there a "confession of weakness of the left which chall…
President Rassemblement National (RN), Jordan Bardella, accused on Saturday the French radical left of trying to prepare the ground for contesting the outcome of the presidential elections of 2027 in the case of a victory of Marine Le Pen, reports AFP. Bardella, who would become prime minister if Marine Le Pen won the presidential election, reacted to calls from [...]
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