Bardella denies Mediapart report alleging anti-Semitic chat comments
The National Rally leader rejected claims about private messages allegedly written in 2013 and said he would take legal action.
Jordan Bardella has denied a Mediapart report alleging he wrote anti-Semitic comments in private chats in summer 2013, when he was 17 or 18. Mediapart says it authenticated the messages.
Bardella called the allegations false and said he would take legal action against the investigative website. The supplied material does not independently establish whether the messages are authentic.
Marine Le Pen also rejected the claims, calling them fake and accusing Mediapart of “dirty tricks”. She leads the National Rally, which Bardella heads.
The report comes amid the party’s effort to demonstrate a break with its past. Bardella visited Israel in 2025, a move described as part of that effort.
Le Pen’s father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, founded and led the party when it was known as the National Front and repeatedly made anti-Semitic remarks.
