Legislative in France | Purchasing power and immigration at the heart of the televised debate

(Paris) Purchasing power, immigration: Jordan Bardella, whose far-right party is largely in the lead in the next legislative elections in France, appeared full of confidence Tuesday evening during a tense televised debate with the Prime Minister Macronist Gabriel Attal and a representative of the left, Manuel Bompard.


Calm and clearly better prepared than during a previous debate against Gabriel Attal a month ago, during the European campaign, Mr. Bardella clearly projected himself towards victory and the post of Prime Minister which will fall to him if his party wins an absolute majority in the Assembly, at the end of the elections of June 30 and July 7.

“If I am prime minister in a few days…” he said when the debate was on immigration, the favorite theme of his party, the National Rally, and, he asserted, “ major subject which disrupts our identities”. “I will be the prime minister who restores authority,” he promised.

Facing him, Emmanuel Macron’s prime minister, Gabriel Attal, replayed the role of the serious, credible and knowledgeable candidate, but without succeeding in shaking Mr. Bardella.

The two men clashed violently over the RN’s controversial proposal to prohibit access to certain sensitive public positions for French people with dual nationality.

Questioned by Mr. Attal about one of his Franco-Russian advisors in the European Parliament, Mr. Bardella dryly replied: “I hope you will quickly pack your boxes because you are not up to the level.”


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