As France finds itself in a decisive period between two rounds and Jordan Bardella is at the gates of Matignon, the world is closely following the French political situation. The leader of the far-right British party Reform UK believes that the National Rally's economic programme would be “a disaster”.

The British far right is no longer as supportive of the French far right. On Monday 1 July, Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform UK party, particularly in favour of Brexit and anti-immigration, assured that the economic programme of the National Rally would be “Even worse for the economy than the current situation”says in the British newspaper Without a pack.

Jordan Bardella is at the gates of Matignon and the RN has not yet clearly detailed its economic programme. However, the desire to reduce VAT from 20% to 5.5% on energy, gas, fuel, fuel oil and electricity was announced. The RN claims that this would represent a saving of just over 12 billion euros in one year. A draft economic programme that Nigel Farage already describes as “disaster”.

Support for Marine Le Pen in 2017

The stance taken by the leader of the British far right may come as a surprise if we know the support he showed to Marine Le Pen during the 2017 presidential election, when she defended France's exit from the European Union and the euro, in line with the Reform UK party. Nigel Farage greeted “Sincere Eurosceptic”although the RN has “has deep roots in Vichy and anti-Semitism is inscribed in its DNA.”

But during the European elections, which were overwhelmingly won by the National Rally, Jordan Bardella said: “No Frexit, neither public nor hidden.”

published July 2 at 15:28, Philippine Rouviere Flamand, 6Medias

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