Jordan Bardella asked the new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, who received him on Friday in Matignon, to “
renounce
” the increase in regulated electricity prices planned for February 1 which is a “
major concern for labor France, for the working classes and the middle classes
.
“
I asked him to renounce this increase, considering that it would be the last straw not only for French families, but also for our business leaders
,” added the president of the National Rally.
Denouncing "
a spoliation of French property
", he considered it "
necessary to move away from the rules for setting prices in the European electricity market, which means that France no longer pays for electricity at the price it produces it
.”
Angry movement of farmers
Regulated electricity prices must increase in February by a maximum of 10%, due to the gradual end of the energy shield, launched in the fall of 2021 by the government to limit increases in electricity and gas prices.
The far-right leader, also head of the RN list in the European elections in June, also “
alerted
” the head of government about “
the movement of anger
” of farmers, who have increased demonstrations in Europe this week.
In particular, they are calling for a “ mirror
” clause
to impose the same requirements on agricultural products imported at low prices as on those manufactured or grown in Europe.
“
We must declare a state of agricultural emergency and establish
economic patriotism
to protect our farmers
,” demanded the MEP, believing that it was necessary to “
put an end to the crazy farm-to-fork strategy in which we are engaged the European Union
".
Jordan Bardella plans to meet farmers from Gironde in Queyrac on Saturday.
Gabriel Attal continued his meetings on Friday with political and union forces to prepare his general policy declaration of January 30.
“They want to make me fall from the stairs” of Europeans
Jordan Bardella said Friday that there was "
nothing
" against him in the show "
Complement d'investigation
" which accuses him of having had an anonymous Twitter account with racist messages, associating these revelations with an attempt to make him “
fall off the stairs
” of the European elections.
“
I understood well in politics that we were - and that I was particularly - on a staircase and that we would probably in the coming months, as I climb the steps, try to make me fall of this staircase
,” said the president of the National Rally during a press briefing following a meeting with the new Prime Minister Gabriel Attal.
“
It’s probably not knowing me well, because I’m quite solid
,” added the far-right leader.
Jordan Bardella, also head of the RN list in the European elections on June 9, is favored in this election by around ten points ahead of the list of the majority which has not yet designated its candidate, according to the polling institutes.
Based on four sources, three of which are anonymous, the report broadcast on France 2 mentions a Twitter account that Jordan Bardella allegedly used from 2015 to 2017 under the pseudonym RepNat du Gaito to broadcast racist, homophobic messages and praise the personality of Jean- Marie Le Pen, co-founder of the National Front (FN) or even attacking journalists.
“I take responsibility for all of my words”
“
The person who accused me of having kept this account has retracted, believing to have been manipulated by France Télévisions.
There is absolutely nothing in this Additional Investigation.
I have not maintained and do not maintain an anonymous Twitter account.
I only have one Twitter account, I take responsibility for all of my comments
,” commented Jordan Bardella, who assured that he had only seen “
a few extracts
” from the show.
Regarding Gabriel Attal, appointed to Matignon to also participate in the majority's European campaign, he described their exchange as "
courteous
" and said that he would "
perhaps have the opportunity to debate
" with him.
As for their young age, 28 years for Jordan Bardella and 34 for Gabriel Attal, he estimated that "
age is in no way a guarantee of effectiveness and therefore Gabriel Attal as Prime Minister will be judged not by what 'he is but what he does
'.