Just over a year ago, French President Emmanuel Macron decided to dissolve the National Assembly, plunging France into political chaos. No further dissolution was possible, as the French Constitution prohibits a dissolution of parliament within a year of the last one. The past year has reopened the field of possibilities. Jordan Bardella, president of the Rassemblement National (RN), was interviewed on CNews about new political prospects emerging between now and the next presidential elections in 2027.
Bardella appeared on the conservative channel in his dual role as president of France’s leading party, the RN, and as a potential candidate for his camp if the appeal lodged by Marine Le Pen in the European parliamentary assistants’ case fails, preventing her from standing in the 2027 presidential election.
The RN president painted a bleak picture of France in 2025 under Macron’s presidency: “If we don’t save our country in 2027, France could disappear,” he explained gravely, viewing the rescue of the country as a “civilisational challenge.” He denounced the deadlock in which the president had locked the French people: “The country is not moving forward, France continues to decline.” None of the major issues of concern to the French people are currently being addressed: immigration, security, purchasing power, or the energy crisis. The deadlock is also political: nothing can emerge at present due to the institutional gridlock created by the 2024 dissolution, which has resulted in a National Assembly without a majority and a government that is therefore without legitimacy.
If, according to Bardella’s analysis, “the central bloc has nothing left to say,” this means that new political avenues may open up. Bardella is calling for a new dissolution of the National Assembly, which alone could enable the country to break the current deadlock, even before the next presidential election: as things stand, nothing “healthy” can emerge. But for now, this is out of the question, if Macron’s statements on the subject are to be believed.
For the first time, Bardella has outlined his prediction for the 2027 election—without, however, saying who will represent the national Right in the race, he or Marine Le Pen. According to him, it is entirely possible that the second round of the election will be a head-to-head between the RN and a left-wing candidate from La France Insoumise (LFI), as he believes that the centre and its satellites are now completely discredited. Such a confrontation would, of course, be to the advantage of the RN, as Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s party is now a powerful repellent for a large number of voters. Bardella lambasted the Left’s pervasive “communitarianism” as being always ready to fan the flames of separatism and defend foreign interests in the service of the dangerous cause of Islamism.
During the interview, Bardella refused to bet on the victory of any union of the Rights, despite having given assurances to this effect during his recent participation in the Summit of Liberties (Sommet des Libertés), which brought together the various families of the Right. His discourse is intended to be broader, addressing all “lovers of France.” Without saying so, Bardella is probably also counting on a split in the centre and centre-right vote between several candidates who are unable to agree—Retailleau, Wauquiez, Philippe, Attal—which would mathematically benefit the RN-LFI duel.
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