World News: Le Pen Will Run, Bardella Assured Prime Minister Position
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- Category: Haute This Issue
- Published on Thursday, 09 July 2026 13:05
- Written by Olivier Longhi
In announcing her candidacy for President of the Republic, Marine Le Pen offered the public a glimpse of her envisioned future, she as president and protégé Jordan Bardella, her extremely popular and trusted associate, as prime minster.
If the conviction by the Paris Court of Appeal pushed Marine Le Pen to run, not without risk, in the 2027 presidential election, the ambush presence of her discipline, which has become cumbersome, Jordan Bardella, has certainly motivated her even more so as not to be swept away by the latter's popularity.
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In the aftermath of Marine Le Pen's conviction, the avalanche of comments on her decision to run, under an appeal to the Court of Cassation, continues to feed the national political chronicle, which will continue to fill up until the spring of 2027.
Some recall that if Marine Le Pen is elected, she will benefit from the presidential immunity devolved to the head of state, that the Court of Cassation could overturn the decision of the Court of Appeal and impose the wearing of the electronic bracelet that would force her to campaign with the bracelet in question and potentially enter the Elysée Palace with it.
Grotesque or not, grotesque or not, in total contradiction with her discourse on the indispensable probity of politicians, aware of trampling on the justice of the Republic, Marine Le Pen has decided to run. However, the reason, and certainly the most valid of all, that pushed her to run is in her own entourage, namely her runner-up, Jordan Bardella.
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Ambitions and wave
Favourite in the polls, popular among the National Rally electorate, especially among its youngest components, close to the business community and the big French bosses, much more liberal than the candidate who has now been declared, who has however announced that she will make Jordan Bardella his Prime Minister in the event of victory, the latter is now forced to put aside his presidential ambitions and support Marine Le Pen.
A cruel dilemma for this man in a hurry, accompanied by a princess of royal blood, who came at the right time to give credibility to the young and pretentious rifle that he was as a mature and responsible man. Because Marine Le Pen has understood it well, if by chance, she had let Jordan Bardella run, convicted or not, her political future was definitively sealed.
Embodying in a way the ancestral and founding currents of the National Rally, formerly the National Front, Marine Le Pen is fully aware that the Bardella wave would have overwhelmed and engulfed her. And the promise to make him his Prime Minister in the event of victory is ultimately only the means of delaying an inevitable deadline while placing the ambitious man under his relative thumb.
However, this potential bone to gnaw on will not be enough. Because the disagreements and divergences between the two are numerous and will not fail to resurface during the campaign.
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Emancipation
The question of pensions, increases in wages and salaries, adjustable VAT rates,... These are all questions that separate the two rivals but officially still friends and accomplices politically speaking.
Unfortunately for Marine Le Pen, the disciple has emancipated himself and taken his destiny into his own hands, even if this emancipation should lead him to distance himself from Marine Le Pen, which would be the worst thing for the latter, because she would have to deprive herself of the latter's popularity.
Moreover, one thing is clear and there is no lack of cruelty for Jean-Marie Le Pen's heiress: she is now a Jordano-dependent and the legal cases in which she is involved finally appear almost as accessory as the political sphere today despises justice and its decisions. Because a court case can slow down, even interrupt a political career, but letting a rival from one's own camp slip away can be even more dangerous. After all, Caesar would never have thought that Brutus would also carry the sword against him.
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Bio: Olivier Longhi has extensive experience in European history. A seasoned journalist with fifteen years of experience, he is currently a professor of history and geography in the Toulouse region of France. He has held a variety of publishing positions, including Head of Agency and Chief of Publishing. A journalist and recognized blogger, editor, and editorial project manager, he has trained and managed editorial teams, worked as a journalist for various local radio stations, was a press and publishing consultant, and was a communications consultant.
