The president of France's hard-right National Rally (RN), Jordan Bardella, has said he will sue for libel after a report published antisemitic comments that it alleged he had made as a young activist. The Mediapart website released what it said was the result of "several months" of investigation into "dozens of written conversations" Bardella allegedly had in 2013. With seven months to go before France's presidential elections, Bardella condemned "the beginnings of a total war" aimed at destabilising his party, and RN presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said she had total confidence in him. The alleged remarks included blatantly antisemitic tropes, and Bardella said they were an attempt to destroy his political career.
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