A
“shadow MP”
. An accusation repeated over and over again by the opponents of the number 1 European in the polls, Jordan Bardella, who stands at 32.5% of voting intentions in the latest Ifop-Fiducial study for
Le Figaro
, LCI, and Sud Radio. Like the Insoumise Manon Aubry, who, in a publication pinned to her X account, opposes
“those who work and the ghost deputies”
in the European Parliament
. “Since the start of my mandate, I have tabled 3,460 amendments. Jordan Bardella: 21,”
she boasted on November 19, shooting an arrow at the head of the National Rally (RN) list.
“94% voting attendance”
“Madame Aubry's amendments consist of moving commas
,” dismissed Jordan Bardella this Wednesday on BFMTV and RMC. Before assuring voters of their full investment in the European Parliament:
“I have one of the best attendance rates of all French MEPs, I have 94% voting attendance.”
A figure certainly verified by the assistEU site, which lists the activity of MEPs, but lower than its competitors François-Xavier Bellamy (99%), Valérie Hayer (98.8%), Manon Aubry and Raphaël Glucksmann (97%).
If the president of the party with the flame proudly brandishes this 94%, other indicators further call into question his commitment to the European Parliament.
“I have never seen him”,
slipped the Luxembourg socialist Marc Angel and the Galician nationalist Ana Miranda, who both sit with Jordan Bardella on the Committee on Petitions of the European Parliament, in a report by
“Additional investigation”
broadcast on January 18 on France 2. While the commission has already met 51 times between July 2019 and December 2023, Jordan Bardella has an absence rate of 70%. The leader of the Lepénistes has, moreover, not been rapporteur of any report during his mandate, compared to 12 for Valérie Hayer, 5 for Manon Aubry and 2 for François-Xavier Bellamy.
“We must not confuse the roles”
“We must not confuse the roles”
, defends Jordan Bardella who justifies his low activity in the European Parliament by his positioning
“in the opposition”
.
“I fought the Green Deal, which imposes standards on our business leaders which are now harming their competitiveness. I fought again last week in Brussels the pact for immigration [pact on migration and asylum, Editor's note.], which provides for the compulsory distribution of migrants in French municipalities, under the constraint of financial punishment for the municipalities and states that refuse to welcome migrants
,” he adds to his assessment.