Jordan Bardella
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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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