While the editor-in-chief of Figaro Magazine, Carl Meus, compares Jacques Chirac and Jordan Bardella, Valérie Trierweiler retorts that it is only their physical resemblance that is striking. “Because Chirac had done the ENA, he had done field work, he had files too, but anyway. (…) He knew France, I’m not sure that this is the case with Jordan Bardella,” explains the journalist from Hémicycle TV. According to her, if the president of the National Rally becomes Prime Minister, his voters could quickly be disappointed.
Valérie Trierweiler: her clear opinion on the dissolution of the National Assembly
Sunday June 9, when Emmanuel Macron had just announced the dissolution of the National Assembly, Valérie Trierweiler was invited on RTL to debate this political earthquake. That day, the former First Lady did not mince her words. “It’s still quite astonishing, I can’t believe he’s taking this risk. The National Rally is at more than 30%, why is it at this level?” she asks. “Because the French can’t stand Macronism anymore.”
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