It’s a comparison that made Valérie Trierweiler jump. For several months in fact, Jordan Bardella has changed his look. As Le Nouvel Obs explained last May, “Retirees find him to be a ‘new Chirac'”. The head of the National Rally, at the gates of power after the first round of early legislative elections, is playing on this “resemblance”. Particularly at the hair level
“combing your hair back”.
If he cultivates this physical resemblance, Jordan Bardella has nothing of Jacques Chirac for some. Guest on the airwaves of
RTL This Sunday, June 30, Valérie Trierweiler tailored a suit for the boss of the National Rally. “The comparison with Chirac,
she really stops at slicked back hair. That’s all, said the former journalist.
Because Chirac had attended the ENA, he had done fieldwork, he had files too, but anyway. (…) He knew France, he had felt ‘the cows’ asses in Corrèze’. I’m not sure that’s the case for Jordan Bardella.”
A man “who doesn’t know how to do anything apart from his files”
While the RN came first in the first round, with 33.15% of the votes, or more than 10.6 million voters, Valérie Trierweiler is worried. “I fear that voters will quickly be disappointed. Especially since who has made major social reforms so far? It’s the left, nothing but the left”added François Hollande’s former partner. On RTL, she mainly explained that she did not understand why people voted for Jordan Bardella.
“Where I am surprised is that even if we share the values of the National Rally, how can we trust a 28 year old who has not studied, who has never worked and who doesn’t know how to do anything apart from their files? Who doesn’t know how to get through a debate outside of their files?”, she got annoyed. But more than 10 million French people do not agree with her… And like Jacques Chirac, Jordan Bardella could reach a position of responsibility.
Jordan Bardella: his tribute to Jacques Chirac
And if he cultivates his resemblance to the former President of the Republic, it is also because he was important in his political life.
death of Jacques Chirac Moreover, he paid tribute to him on his Facebook account. “He was, for those of my generation, the President of our childhood. With his no to the war in Iraq, he was the last to defend free and independent French diplomacy.wrote Jordan Bardella.
In the book The Great Replacement: The Hidden Face of Jordan Bardella, Florian Philippot explained that Jordan Bardella reminded him of Jacques Chirac. “It is filled with the language elements of the moment, depending on current events or polls.described the ex-member of the RN. Maybe it doesn’t prevent you from being elected, on the contrary it may even be the key to being elected, but for the country it is not good. We always come back to this fundamental question. How and why do we do politics?”
