RECIT – The two leaders of the Rassemblement National are playing off each other’s complementary strengths in their quest for power. Sometimes, this turns into divergence. The boundary is often blurred.
On the magazine cover, they’re all smiles. They don’t make eye contact. Only Jordan Bardella’s gaze drifts towards Marine Le Pen.President of the Rassemblement National (RN) is dressed to the nines in a dark blue suit. As usual. He’s clean-shaven. Marine Le Pen, on the other hand, has her eyes fixed on the lens. She has a wry smile on her face. In other photos taken during the shoot, they are face to face, or side by side. He stands slightly back. Is it because he’s taller, or younger? Sometimes he crosses his arms. In some shots, the three-time RN presidential candidate is laughing.
The two great nationalist figures on the cover of a magazine. This is nothing new. They’ve done it before, in a newspaper interview with Journal du dimanchelast January. At that time, Marine Le Pen made official what Le Figaro had revealed in September 2023: Jordan Bardella will be his prime minister…
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