Bardella's denial of antisemitic remarks challenged as website publishes evidence
The outlet said Meta data and biographical details verified the chats, while Bardella denied authorship and filed defamation and forgery complaints.
- On Thursday, investigative outlet Mediapart published Facebook Messenger screenshots from 2013 and 2014 attributed to National Rally president Jordan Bardella, claiming Meta data extraction and a court bailiff certification confirm their authenticity.
- Bardella rejected the accusations as "crude fabrications" and "pseudo-evidence," announcing he would file a defamation lawsuit against Mediapart for "forgery and use of forgeries."
- Mediapart verified the conversations by cross-referencing biographical details including Bardella's Italian heritage and his failed Sciences Po entrance exam, drawing on interviews with 18 people and dozens of written exchanges.
- President Emmanuel Macron called the remarks "extremely serious and unacceptable," while rival Edouard Philippe stated it is "virtually established" that Bardella made antisemitic comments; Marine Le Pen voiced "total confidence" in her deputy.
- The affair threatens to damage Le Pen's de-demonisation project ahead of the presidential election occurring in seven months, though she currently leads opinion polls aiming to replace Macron in next year's vote.
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Anti-Semitic messages are being attributed to Jordan Bardella, a far-right RN politician. This could be unpleasant for Le Pen's party, even though they happened more than ten years ago. Bardella has not had a good time since Le Pen's sentence was commuted.
Marine Le Pen's successor Jordan Bardella is said to have expressed himself anti-Semitic. Despite clear evidence, he denies it. »Mediapart« magazine announces new revelations.
Seven months before the French presidential election, Jordan Bardella is at the center of a case over anti-Semitic statements.
leprogres.fr
Less than seven months before the presidential elections, Mediapart's revelations of the anti-Semitic statements attributed to Jordan Bardella disrupt the launch of Marine Le Pen's campaign. What could weaken the tandem and sweep the strategy of de-diabolization, according to sociologist Erwan Lecoeur.
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