At 17, he joined the National Rally — then still known as the National Front ... and antisemitism. “Jordan Bardella is the creation of Marine Le Pen,” said Cécile Alduy, a Stanford University ...

“Jordan Bardella is the creation of Marine Le Pen,” said Cécile Alduy, a Stanford University professor and expert on the French far right. “He has been made by her and is extremely loyal.

At just 29, Jordan Bardella has become the fresh-faced figurehead of France’s National Rally party and is now poised to inherit one of the most electorally successful far-right machines in Europe.