The 30-year-old National Rally president will become his party's candidate if Marine Le Pen's appeal fails on Tuesday.
By CLEA CALCUTTin Paris
Illustration by Natália Delgado/ POLITICO
Far-right star Jordan Bardella faces a career-defining moment Tuesday, when he’ll finally learn whether Marine Le Pen’s legal troubles will knock her out of the next French presidential election, anointing him as their party’s candidate.
Since Le Pen was first found guilty of embezzling European Parliament funds and handed a five-year ban on running for public office last spring, she and Bardella have had to navigate the thorny question of who would represent their nationalist, anti-immigration National Rally party in the 2027 race to replace President Emmanuel Macron.
