RN 'breach': Amid 'severe' differences with 'bright, young' Bardella, Le Pen 'dictates party line'

François Picard is pleased to welcome Victor Mallet, Financial Times Senior Editor at the World News Desk. He interprets the emerging tensions between Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella as more than a clash of personalities. They reveal a deeper struggle over the political future of France's far-right National Rally is becoming as they find themselves in prime position in their hunt to capture the French presidency. Bardella is formally president of the party and has developed his own political constituency, particularly among younger voters and parts of the business community. Yet Mallet argues that Le Pen continues to exercise the decisive ideological and strategic authority. [Image text:] ELECTIONS EUROPEENNES-9JUIN 2O24 LAFRANCE EN LA FRANCE REVIENT PR%:LESAN.20H Victor Mallet, Financial Times world desk senior editor;Author ofFar-Right France|London,UK Tensions appear between Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella NATIONALRALLY'SDUOHITSTURBULENCE SPOTLIGHT FRANCE 24