In What I'm looking forpublished by Éditions Fayard, Jordan Bardella recounts his journey, from his family origins to his political ambitions. While the book will be on sale this Saturday, Le Figaro was able to obtain it in previewbefore sharing a few extracts.
In this autobiography, Jordan Bardella looks back on his childhood and more particularly on a complex that blocked him for a long time. The president of the RN says he suffered from his first name, Jordan, which earned him “mocking smiles and condescending remarks”.
“Far from my city…”: this gap that bothered Jordan Bardella
“I was often self-conscious when, far from my city, I met people who did not come from my background.
I had trouble saying my first name, accepting it. Immersed in a political world populated by Arthur, Charles, François or Donatien from more traditional backgrounds, I was far from the first names that resonated in Saint-Denis during my first twenty years”, confides the 29-year-old young man.
First self-conscious about this first name, Jordan Bardella explains that he will make it “a strength”, since it carries “(his) social origin and the trace of (his) ancestors”. “I will understand later that my first name is a hot iron markerthe identity card of my social class. It tells of my origins and it signs my belonging to a decade”, assures the far-right leader.
Jordan Bardella insists on his Italian origins
More than a first name for Jordan Bardella, this choice of his parents acts as “a passport”. “The memory of my path, child of the working classes and son of Italian migrantsheir to republican meritocracy”. In his book, the young man expressly emphasizes his Italian origins, between his mother born in Turin and his father, of Kabylo-Alsatian and Italian origin. “How many of our parents, how many of our elders today express their dismay at no longer recognizing this much-loved France?”, asks Jordan Bardella in his book.
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