Description
Who is National Rally's 28-year-old leader, Jordan Bardella? Stephen Smith looks at the life of the boy from the Paris suburbs who joined the far-right as a teenager and rapidly became the face of National Rally, helping to bring success for the party in the European elections.
Contributors
Cécile Alduy, Professor of French Studies, Stanford University, Political Scientist, Sciences PO Paris
Aymeric Durox, National Rally Senator
Pascal Humeau, Communications Advisor and Media Trainer
Bénédicte Paviot, UK Correspondent France 24
Pierre-Stéphane Fort, Jordan Bardella biographer
Presenter: Stephen Smith
Producers: Diane Richardson, Ivana Davidovic and Julie Ball
Sound: Neil Churchill
Production Coordinators: Maria Ogundele and Rosie Strawbridge
Editor: Tom Bigwood
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