Who is Jordan Bardella? Marine Le Pen’s 28-year-old protege with film star looks who made Emmanuel Macron panic

Far-right National Rally president Jordan Bardella, right, is a protege of party leader Marine Le Pen, left (Christophe Ena/AP)

Andy Gregory
© UK Independent

Jordan Bardella has been credited with the success of France’s far-right National Rally (RN) party as it surges in the polls.

Charismatic Bardella, the son of immigrants, was brought up in high-rise flats in a run-down suburb of Paris by a single mother. The 28-year-old could be prime minister of France in a matter of weeks after Emmanuel Macron shocked the nation by calling a snap election in the wake of his party’s thrashing at the ballot box.