Facing Bardella, Hayer brandishes a photo which illustrates the struggles of the RN with its European allies

POLITICS – One last action prepared for training. To conclude her debate with Jordan Bardella, this Thursday, May 2 on BFMTV, the head of the Macronist camp list in the European elections Valérie Hayer held up a photo of the president of the National Rally taken a few months ago in Florence, Italy.

What does it show? The leader of the far-right party with his European allies within the Identity and Democracy group in Parliament, gathered last December at the initiative of the Italian Matteo Salvini. Or the perfect image for the “Renew” MEP who wanted to recall the sulfurous connections of the National Rally on the international scene.

“ In this photo you have Roman Fritz, a Pole, who said that women should not have the right to vote and should be paid less than men. Kostadinov, Bulgarian, said that the Roma were parasites and inhuman vermin”said Valérie Hayer, as you can see below.

And to continue: “ In this photo with you, you have Gerolf Annemans, Belgian, the president of your European party Mr. Bardella. He celebrated his victory with Nazi salutes. He’s not the only one in your political family, I grant you that. Also by your side, Tino Chrupalla. He’s German, leading a party that declared LGBT people to be, get this, child fuckers tolerated by states. »

The RN and the cumbersome allies, new episode

A sign that the litany hit the mark, after more than two hours of often tense exchanges, Jordan Bardella appeared almost disarmed. Or in any case more struggling than on the themes discussed previously and in the face of his opponent’s repeated attempts to destabilize him.

“ You repeat absolutely anything », he said several times to try to interrupt Valérie Hayer. “ Three quarters of the quotes are false, they have been contested by the authors (…). When I travel in France as in Europe, I meet a lot of elected officials and parliamentarians and I take a lot of photos “, he then replied, accusing the head of the presidential camp list of doing “ a number of Caliméro “. She had just asked him if he hadn’t ” shame » to appear with such personalities.

This is not the first time in this European election campaign that Jordan Bardella and the National Rally, given the big favorites for June 9, have been embarrassed by their European friends. For good reason: these allies with sulphurous comments or positions have everything to tarnish the operation “ trivialization » of the Lepenist party.

Usually, it is the German AfD which plays the role of scarecrow, or ball and chain. In recent months, RN officials have had to justify their proximity to this party which was planning a “ Remigration plan » to expel foreigners and German citizens “ not assimilated”, or who defends the restitution of Mayotte to the Comoros.

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