“So, I’m in the Top 10?” » Jordan Bardella picks up his phone, eager to discover his performance in the new edition of the annual Ifop/JDD barometer. He probably didn't expect to jump 20 places compared to last year. A meteoric rise at the end of a year as intense as it was contrasted. “This success, I am convinced, is the fruit of a mutual affection between us and the French, who find in our project the answers to their aspirations”he confides to the JDD. A trust that goes far beyond just himself.
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As always, not a sheet of cigarette paper between him and “the one to whom [il] owes everything ». Marine Le Pen, 11th, marks it out and records the strongest progression (+50) over one year. Better still, she is the first woman in the Top 50. A spectacular progression which could be explained in particular by the recent legal setbacks she has gone through. In the case of European parliamentary attachés, the prosecution requested five years of ineligibility with provisional execution, a threat which could exclude him from the next presidential election. “It is likely that part of public opinion was disconcerted by the fact that the judges could prevent it, even though it has never been in such a position to access the Élysée”says Frédéric Dabi. Marine Le Pen, who has learned to be wary of polls, is not getting carried away: “This ranking proves that the French understand what is happening…” she confides to JDD.
The fact remains that this great popularity rating takes the form of a comforting Yule log, for the RN duo at the end of a year 2024 in the form of a roller coaster for the RN: overwhelming victory in the European elections, aborted triumph in the legislative elections , then, after the summer, Bardella returned to the spotlight on the occasion of the release of her book, and legal ordeal for Marine Le Pen. All concluded by the episode of the motion of censure against the Barnier government, a risky bet, and so far without damage for the party. We never know with certainty how we will emerge from such a political saga: more fragile or stronger… The Top 50 provides part of the answer.
Probably the best way to dive back into a year 2025 which promises to be just as perilous. The verdict in the Le Pen trial is expected on March 31. Until then, the party is maintaining pressure on Emmanuel Macron's resignation to provoke an early presidential election. Another possibility: a new dissolution which could advantageously do the business of the RN as the results produced by the Republican Front seem inconclusive, as Emmanuel Macron has also agreed. While waiting for these future deadlines, Marine Le Pen is starting the year with a trip to Mayotte this weekend to assess the first government measures.
A new dissolution could benefit the RN
Jordan Bardella, for his part, gave himself a little extra rest, after an all-out promotional tour. Quite successful, if we are to believe the almost 200,000 copies sold in two months. The president of the RN will return to Ajaccio next Saturday, then continue his French tour at the rate of one trip per week, Gironde and Tarn will come after Corsica. In the party, the president of the RN continues the work started after the legislative elections to overhaul the party both on the profile of its candidates and on the arguments. Two campaign co-directors are already in office, and the nominations will begin shortly. Objective: to be “ready” for the next legislative elections, whatever the date.
