Jordan Bardella, now 29, became RN leader in 2022, taking over from Marine Le Pen. He skipped the meeting after Steve Bannon was accused of making a gesture reminiscent of a Nazi salute.

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday cancelled his speech at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington after what he described as a Nazi salute by a speaker, an apparent reference to Steve Bannon,

France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardella has said he cancelled a planned speech at a right-wing meeting in Washington after a “gesture alluding to Nazi ideology” by a speaker, an apparent reference to the conservative firebrand Steve Bannon.