The origin of Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s choice, is revealed

Bardella’s Italian ancestry was well known, as he grew up in Saint Denisone of the poorest and most dangerous municipalities in the whole country, by the hand of his mother, a woman born in Turin and an immigrant in France. He has mentioned it on numerous occasions, boasting of this background as a central element in his political discourse. He says he knows what it means in a “land of Islamism” and that does not want under any precept that this is replicated in the rest of the nation“What was happening there was not normal”he said in the middle of his campaign.

An investigation carried out by the magazine Young Africa The statement, a few hours after the election results were announced, revealed that Bardella’s migrant ancestry goes beyond what he has publicly acknowledged. His paternal grandfather currently lives in the Moroccan city of Casablanca. The reason for his flight to the African country was his closeness to Islam, a religion to which he recently decided to convert. His great-grandfather, meanwhile, was an Algerian immigrant who resided in the French region of Kabylia during the 1930s. A time when thousands of Algerians came to the country to seek employment opportunities in textile factories.

The revelations not only resonate because they have remained hidden, but also because of the paradox that a leader like Bardella, attached to the far right and with a rather hostile discourse towards the rights of immigrants, has such family roots. He has said it many times. He defends, like the rest of his group, a ‘political assimilation model’which promotes the integration of foreigners as long as the cultural uniformity of the country from which they emigrate is respected. In this sense, countries such as Morocco or Algeria could be left out of the equation.

The current candidate’s party defends and promotes ideas that increase restrictions on those who wish to enter French territory. Something counterproductive if one looks in detail at what the stories of Bardella’s ancestors were. This reasoning is symbolized in a speech by Le Pen in the middle of the campaign, where he pledged to Revise the Constitution to eliminate social assistance for immigrants and limit their medical care. “I will drastically restrict immigration, especially family reunification, and put an end to the ‘pull effect’, reserving social benefits only for French people. I will reinstate border controls, expel illegal immigrants and abolish the right to soil.” It is the latter that allows someone to acquire nationality if they were born in France even if their parents are foreigners.

All this is happening in the midst of an electoral atmosphere that fills all the front pages of newspapers and resonates in every coffee shop conversation. Shortly after the shake-up suffered by the political centre, represented by Macron, in the European elections, it was the president himself who came out to announce the advancement of the legislative elections. Elections that had a more than high turnout, becoming the highest since the 1980s, oscillating between 65.8% and 69%The victory of the radical wing led by Bardella and Le Pen predicts a France and a Europe governed by the most extreme right. At least that is what the people are asking for.

About the investigations uncovered by the media Young Africa, The possible future French prime minister has not spoken out, increasing doubts about him and his past. The information seems to be solid and the controversy does not seem likely to end soon. His grandfather, born in Italyis increasingly closer to Arab culture, in part, due to the influence he received from his father, the great-grandfather of the far-right candidate. In his case, it all started when he fell in love with Hakimahis current partner and second wife, and decided to leave France and choose Morocco as the next destinationToday he remains there, with her, working as a carpenter-cabinetmaker for expatriates.