The Great Replacement.
The hidden side of Jordan Bardella.
Investigating Jordan Bardella means confronting the many faces of a political Janus. In the media, he is the ideal son-in-law with his 1930s looks, slicked-back hair, and predatory smile. Raised in Saint-Denis and joining the National Front at age 16, he likes to present himself as a self-made man. It's a great story that serves his ambition well, almost making us forget the banner he carries, that of the far right.
A weapon of mass seduction for his camp, he is a creature shaped by Marine Le Pen. Half Rastignac, half Bel-Ami, he has sometimes turned his back on his closest political allies and has been able to use his connections to rise quickly and high. Jordan Bardella is said to be a chameleon, "a safe."
Over the course of a year spent in the heart of the far right, thanks to numerous testimonies and exclusive revelations,
this book sets out to pierce its thick armor.
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Publication
May 17, 2024
Format
130 x 205 mm
240 pages
Price
20 €
ISBN
978-2-4 94894-02-0
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Excerpt
"While preparing for this interview, I spoke with a colleague who has been following the RN for years. 'You'll see, Bardella is a safe pair of hands,' she told me. I don't claim to have found the key, far from it, but he seems quite satisfied with this meeting. For an hour, I listened to him politely, without interrupting or annoying him too much. He must be thinking that, in the end, these investigative journalists aren't so bad after all. He even has the luxury of suggesting a list of people close to him for me to interview. The matter is settled: he will participate in my investigation. It may seem surprising, but in his quest
for respectability and normalization, the RN leader undoubtedly believes he must play the game of democracy and the media. It's a question of image. What could the Rassemblement National's Mr. Clean possibly have to hide?
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Pierre-Stéphane Fort is a journalist and director of investigative documentaries for television, notably for the magazine program Complément d’enquête on France 2. His latest investigation, Qatar 2022: un scandale français ? (Qatar 2022: a French scandal?), broadcast in 18 countries, earned him the Franco-German Journalism Prize and was a finalist for the Albert Londres Prize in the audiovisual category. Le Grand remplaçant is his first book.
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