The head of the National Rally list in the European elections had already skipped the first debate organized by Public Senate.
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And two. Jordan Bardella will not participate in a debate organized on April 10 by the France 24 channel and RFI radio with a view to the European elections, after having already skipped the first one in mid-March on Public Senate. The president and head of the National Rally list will be replaced by the former boss of Frontex Fabrice Leggeri, AFP learned Tuesday February 2 from the far-right party, confirming information from the Parisian.
“The problem with debates is that there are contradictors. Bardella has this in common with Macron, he prefers monologues”reacted on X the First Secretary of the PS, Olivier Faure. In addition to Fabrice Leggeri, seven candidates must participate in the exchanges. Manon Aubry (La France insoumise), François-Xavier Bellamy (Les Républicains), Léon Deffontaines (French Communist Party), Raphaël Glucksmann (Socialist Party), Valérie Hayer (Renaissance), Marion Maréchal (Reconquête) and Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologistes) .