The National Rally will organize a "
Nation Day
" on May 1 in Le Havre, a militant banquet which is to conclude with speeches by Jordan Bardella and Marine Le Pen, we learned from the party.
The far-right party, which expects more than a thousand activists, intends to reconnect with its great rally on May 1, the date on which Jean-Marie Le Pen gathered his troops in Paris for 25 years under the statue of Jeanne d 'Arc, historical figure of the National Front (FN) which became the National Rally (RN).
"Focus on work and social"
The last edition, held in 2015, had given rise to strong tensions between Marine Le Pen, president of the party, and her father, honorary president, who had entered the stage without warning.
Jean-Marie Le Pen was finally expelled from the FN a few weeks later.
If the National Rally wanted to settle this legacy that had become cumbersome, which also gave rise each year to provocations by ultra militants, it intends to keep the date of May 1 "
to emphasize work and social issues
", indicates- we at the party.
The choice of Le Havre may also come as a surprise: both a communist and center-right bastion, the port city had placed Marine Le Pen in third position during the first round of the 2022 presidential election with 20.67%.
She only won 36.55% of the vote in the second round, almost 5 points less than her national score.
But this land of conquest is above all the stronghold of former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe, to whom presidential ambitions are attributed: a way for Marine Le Pen to confront a potential rival by 2027.
