Jordan Bardella’s grandfather lives in Casablanca

As the legislative elections on June 30 approach, the young and ambitious president of the National Rally (RN), and incidentally European deputy, Jordan Bardella, intrigues everyone. Its origins interest both its voters and its detractors. He never hesitated to highlight them, claiming to be of Italian descent from his paternal grandfather.

Which is only half true, according to the Pan-African magazine Young Africa who returned to this subject in an article posted online this Friday, June 28. Presenting itself as a model of integration, written Young Africathe potential future tenant of Matignon “has always ignored his family’s ties to the Maghreb».

According to the Pan-African magazine, his maternal great-grandfather Mohand Séghir Mada is “Algerian immigrant worker who arrived from Kabylie in France in the 1930s“Moreover, by continuing its investigation, the magazine discovered the RN president’s link with Morocco.

Thus, his paternal grandfather, Guerrino Bardella, was first married to Réjane Mada. The couple gave birth in 1968 to Olivier Bardella, Jordan’s father. Afterwards, “the couple divorced and Guerrino settled in Morocco, where he married his second wife a Moroccan woman, named Hakima“, we read in this article.

According to Young Africa, the exact date of Jordan Bardella’s grandfather’s second marriage is not known, but it dates back several years. “Guerrino Italo Bardella’s last residence permit in Morocco was obtained on the grounds of family reunification”, according to the information to which Young Africa was able to gain access.

The document was issued in 2016 for a period of 10 years.Which means that it was not his first residence permit in Morocco, but a renewal.“. The first residence permit is of a shorter duration.

With his new wife, the magazine continues, “This retiree, aged 80 since April 1, 2024, is living happily in Casablanca, in the Bourgogne district“. Another detail, his marriage to Hakima “implies that he has converted to Islam, in accordance with the law in force in Morocco which stipulates that a (Moroccan) citizen cannot marry a foreigner of non-Muslim faith if he has not converted to Islam. officially before an adoul and several witnesses», Specifies the magazine.

According to the magazine, after settling in Morocco, Guerrino Bardella worked as a carpenter and cabinetmaker. Born in Avito in 1944, in the Italian Lazio, he therefore registered, once he arrived in the Kingdom, as an Italian national.He has long had his habits at the restaurant of the Italian Circle “Chez Massimo”, boulevard Bir Anzarane, in Maarif, like many of his compatriots living in the economic capital of Morocco», Specifies the magazine.

To date, concludes Young Africawe do not know much about Jordan Bardella’s relationship with this grandfather who settled in Morocco.