PoliticsFrench hard-right leader accuses opponents of ‘total war’ over antisemitism claims

National Rally president Jordan Bardella says he will sue for libel after Mediapart published alleged antisemitic comments from his youth. Bardella calls the report an effort to destabilise his party and destroy his political career, while Marine Le Pen backs him. Left-wing politicians and a Jewish umbrella group have urged his resignation or criticised the party’s efforts to rebrand.

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