Marine Le Pen poses as sole recourse against Emmanuel Macron

Wet weather for port city. Le Havre hosted, this Monday 1er May, the “Nation Day” organized by the RN under the drizzle. A gathering in a vacuum, installed on the old quays and thought of as a show of force against a united trade union front on this day of national mobilization.

If the form – a patriotic banquet – is part of the historical tradition of the far-right party (1,500 people expected), it was above all a question of not abandoning the field of social protest to other oppositions by renewing its framework . After the episode of the retreats, from which he emerged strengthened the RN is entering a permanent campaign by the next European elections in 2024.

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“It’s an industrial city. We found that Labor Day was appropriate, ”***umes Marine Le Pen, who should go discreetly to Rouen in the wake of this great militant m*** for a tribute to Joan of Arc, resistant figure of an eternal France. The leader of the RN deputies, whose strategy of “normalization” does not vary – in the National ***embly as in Le Havre – took care to appear alongside the new party chairman, Jordan Bardella , appointed in November. It was up to him to close this “nation’s day” with a speech in homage to “work” and “workers”.

Our ambition is to have an RN mayor in Le Havre in 2026

Jordan Bardella president of the RN

Elected MEP in 2019, Jordan Bardella is committed to preparing for the next elections, particularly European ones, real “mid-term” elections on the American model and with a “very strong national dimension”, according to him. The spade towards Edouard Philippe, mayor of Le Havre and potential rival in the next race at the Elysée, is never far away. “The conquest of the West is only just beginning”, he had fun in front of the press after having affirmed Sunday to the newspaper “Paris-Normandie”: “Our ambition is to have an RN mayor in Le Havre in 2026”.

Right calls

“We have won victories, dear friends, know that”, tried to convince Sébastien Chenu, deputy and vice-president RN of the National ***embly, on stage, despite a relatively thin legislative record. Apart from voting on certain texts, the group of 88 RN deputies fails to gather sufficient majorities on its own proposals. But “to oppose is to propose”, adds Sébastien Chenu, before having the Republican deputies who voted for the motion of censure defended by the RN in the National ***embly applaud.

Within the parliamentary group, we do not exclude supporting a bill on immigration if it were to be carried before the fall by the Republicans as announced in “Les Echos” . “Join us in this great popular coalition where everyone will have their place in the recovery of the country”, targeted, for his part, Jordan Bardella by addressing the right-wing electorate in priority during his speech. “The roles between him and Marine are well distributed”, appreciates a deputy sitting in the first row.

Displayed objective

Faithful to her “normalization” strategy, Marine Le Pen, during a speech lasting almost 40 minutes, without mentioning Joan of Arc once, swept aside all the topics of the moment, from the price of energy to delinquency through the deconstruction of republican values ​​to demography. The far-right leader also attacked the head of state, ignoring, according to her, “the spirit of the law”.

“Emmanuel Macron wanted to put the country “in motion”, he broke it down! “, she launched before placing herself as a candidate for “social peace” without mentioning the deadline for the presidential election within four years. “She is not afraid of wear and tear but if there was wear, she would draw the consequences”, we confide in her close entourage, despite a May 1st with country accents.