National rally: Jordan Bardella defends himself from any radical temptation, but…

“I am not in the role of museum curator”, defined Jordan Bardella on Wednesday, during his first press conference as president of the National Rally (RN). “Nor a conservative at all,” he took care to add, smirking. This is because the young leader takes office on the defensive, resoundingly accused by the mayor of Hénin-Beaumont (Pas-de-Calais) Steeve Briois, a historical figure of the party, and by the deputy Bruno Bilde of wanting ” re-demonize the party” after being both expelled from the executive office. During the internal campaign for the presidency of the party, his rival, Louis Aliot, had also sharply criticized him for taking up the identity theory of the “great replacement”.