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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: France's Bardella Denies Reports He Made Antisemitic Comments
Caption: France's Bardella Denies Reports He Made Antisemitic Comments. National Rally President Jordan Bardella has "categorically denied" allegations that he made antisemitic remarks in private conversations as a teenager. French investigative outlet Mediapart said it obtained and independently verified correspondence containing antisemitic comments allegedly made by Bardella. The remarks were allegedly made mostly in 2013, when Bardella was 17 and had recently joined the National Rally. Bardella called the allegations "blatant falsehoods" and said he had instructed his lawyer to begin legal proceedings against Mediapart. He accused what he described as an "activist press" of attempting to destabilise the National Rally's presidential campaign. National Rally presidential candidate Marine Le Pen rejected the Mediapart report, describing it as “insanity”. Le Pen has spent years seeking to distance the party from the antisemitism associated with its predecessor, the National Front, and its founder Jean-Marie Le Pen. Bardella faced controversy in 2023 after initially denying that Jean-Marie Le Pen was an antisemite before changing his position days later. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
Keywords: Current Affairs & Politics,Jordan Bardella,Marine Le Pen,National Rally,Mediapart,Jean-Marie Le Pen,France,antisemitism,French politics
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