Behind the large bay windows of the Pavillon d'Armenonville, in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, the executives of the National Rally toast to defeat.
This Sunday, April 24, their candidate Marine Le Pen has just failed in the presidential election for the third time.
"We lost, it's true.
But a new cycle is beginning.
Next time it will be Jordan Bardella's turn”
, says one of them, flute of champagne in his mouth.
The one towards whom all eyes are on is 26 years old.
Hair slicked back, half-tailored suit and impeccably polished shoes.
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The popular districts of Drancy, in Seine-Saint-Denis, which saw him born and militate seem far away, already.
In the space of a five-year term, the young man achieved a meteoric rise within the party to the flame.
To the point of being inducted by Marine Le Pen as the one and only dolphin.
The details remain to be determined.
But the passing of the baton should take place during a major congress of the movement...
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