- Title: France's far-right party RN elects Bardella as new president
- Date: 5th November 2022
- Summary: PARIS, FRANCE (NOVEMBER 5, 2022) (REUTERS) OUTGOING NATIONAL RALLY PRESIDENT MARINE LE PEN ANNOUNCING HER SUCESSOR, SAYING (French): "And with 22,130 votes, or 84, 84 percents, Jordan Bardella is elected president of the National Rally."
- Embargoed: 19th November 2022 14:08
- Keywords: France far right
- Location: PARIS, FRANCE
- City: PARIS, FRANCE
- Country: France
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001721805112022RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT 4793-FRANCE-POLITICS/FARRIGHT FOR FILE AND INTERVIEW WITH JORDAN BARDELLA
France's far-right Rassemblement National (RN) elected Jordan Bardella as its new president on Saturday, overwhelmingly backing the 27-year-old European Parliament member to succeed Marine Le Pen in the post.
Bardella, a party loyalist who had already been interim president for a year, won nearly 85% of party members' votes, against 15% for his challenger Louis Aliot, who is Le Pen's former partner.
It is the first time the party will be led by someone who is not a member of the Le Pen family.
Le Pen, who has diluted some of the party's anti-immigrant, Eurosceptic policies, stepped down from RN's leadership structure in 2021 ahead of her unsuccessful bid for the presidency in this year's election, which was won by incumbent Emmanuel Macron.
"I am not leaving RN to take a holiday. I will be there where the country needs me," Le Pen told Saturday's party convention. She is widely expected to make another presidential bid in 2027.
Bardella, who hails from a tough working-class neighborhood, has said he will continue her efforts to attract voters beyond the party's far-right core.
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