The day after a 13-hour visit by Emmanuel Macron to the Agricultural Show, marked by boos and clashes of rare intensity, it is Jordan Bardella, the president of the National Rally (RN), who will stroll through the aisles, Sunday February 25, among the cows, goats and sheep. The far-right party was targeted in the comments of the head of state, who has been trying for a month to appease the angry movement of farmers. Emmanuel Macron thus denounced, from the Salon, the “project of degrowth and stupidity” of the RN, which would consist of “leaving Europe”. Follow our live stream.
French agriculture “deserves better”. “The National Rally is the party of Frexit, of the exit from the euro, now, it is the transformists of Frexit, I will tell you if there is no Europe, there is no there is no agriculture”, hammered the President of the Republic on Saturday, on the eve of the arrival of Jordan Bardella. “Honestly, are there still people who believe this blasphemous lie?”Marine Le Pen quickly responded on X.
A 48 hour visit. The president of the RN must stroll through the aisles on Sunday “for contact with the public”, declared a relative of Jordan Bardella to franceinfo, who specifies that this day is dedicated to the “selfie strategy”. On Monday, he planned to meet more with farmers and breeders. Head of the European list for his party, Jordan Bardella is also the political guest on BFMTV at midday on Sunday.
The RN is capitalizing on the agricultural crisis with a view to the European elections. The farmers’ protest movement gave fodder to political opposition, in particular the National Rally. Less than five months before the European elections, the far-right party is at the farmers’ bedside. To meet them, Jordan Bardella went to Queyrac (Gironde) on January 20. However, he denies any association with members of the Rural Coordination, recognizable by their yellow caps. On Saturday, Emmanuel Macron clearly accused this union, the second representative behind the FNSEA/Young Farmers (JA) alliance, of playing into the hands of the National Rally.