Political return: Mélenchon, Bardella, Glucksmann and Attal speak at the Lille clearance sale and at the Châlons-en-Champagne fair

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• Direct presidential election: Jordan Bardella reaffirms his “unwavering political friendship” with Marine Le Pen, despite the controversies

In this new political year, candidates from all sides are speaking this weekend, from the Lille flea market to the Châlons-en-Champagne Fair.

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No division at the top of the National Rally? Jordan Bardella reiterated on BFMTV, Saturday September 5, his "unwavering political friendship" with Marine Le Pen, while the newspaper Libération reported the deep irritation of the president of the RN at the prospect of greater visibility granted to Marion Maréchal, the niece of Marine Le Pen. “If some expect me to be disloyal to Marine Le Pen, that is a very poor understanding of me,” responds Jordan Bardella to accusations of cacophony within the RN. “I will do my job, honor the commitment I made to her.” Follow our live stream.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon targets Jordan Bardella. A regular at the Lille clearance sale, the boss of La France Insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, delivered an offensive speech, particularly on purchasing power. From the capital of Flanders, the tribune also described Jordan Bardella as a "fascist without reputation" the day after the president of the RN signed a "memorandum of understanding" on immigration with the British populist Nigel Farage. Follow our live stream.

The ecologist Marine Tondelier calls for unity against the RN. “Everyone must understand that no one will win alone in 2027,” underlined Marine Tondelier in a speech to activists, on the occasion of the Lille clearance sale. Deploring that "left-wing candidates continue to multiply", the leader of the Ecologists assured that "we will have no excuses" if the National Rally wins the presidential election, stressing that this will lead to setbacks for "liberties" and "ecology". “We do not have the right to separately lose an election that we could win together and especially not this one,” she continued.

Gluksmann also criticizes the RN... The second agricultural meeting in France behind Paris, the Châlons-en-Champagne Fair (Marne) is an essential part of the political season, especially as the presidential election approaches. After the Horizons candidate, Edouard Philippe, on Monday, and the former President of the Republic, François Hollande, on Thursday, the leader of Place publique Raphaël Glucksmann spoke on Saturday from the event. Questioned by journalists about the statements of the vice-president of the National Rally, Louis Alliot, speaking of "cutting off the tap" of aid to Ukraine, the candidate for the presidential election attacked "a party which calls itself nationalist, patriotic, but which acts for the interests of Vladimir Putin's Russia". Believing that the RN is “the party of submission”, Raphaël Glucksmann described its executives as “junk patriots”.

…like Gabriel Attal. Renaissance candidate, Gabriel Attal has spoken on this subject since the sale of Lille (North). Describing the RN's foreign policy as "submission towards other powers", he accused the far-right party of wanting to "abandon Ukraine for the benefit of Russia". “Between the RN and me, there are really two worlds, two totally different and diametrically opposed visions of France, international relations and Europe,” he insisted, also criticizing the signing of the symbolic agreement by Nigel Farage and Jordan Bardella.

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#POLITICS Because it is his project to go far in the presidential election, Gabriel Attal confided to the RTL podcast Les Aspirants that he surrounded himself with a singing teacher to help him better control his speeches. This includes nasal resonance exercises. An admission reminiscent of that of Emmanuel Macron, who worked on his diction after his famous vocal departure on his "Because it's our projeeeeeet", which has gone down in memory.

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It’s 8 p.m.! Let's take stock of the news this Saturday evening.

• #POLITICS At the Lille Braderie, Jean-Luc Mélenchon pulled Jordan Bardella's ears, calling him a "fascist with no reputation" after his pas de deux with British far-right leader Nigel Farage. The latter assures that in power, the RN would prevent all illegal immigration. Follow our live coverage of the political day.

• #UKRAINE Donald Trump's emissaries landed in Moscow and met Vladimir Putin, before traveling to kyiv tomorrow. The two countries have each announced a cessation of strikes for three days. Follow our live stream.

• #METEOSeven departments in the South-East are still placed on orange alert for the heatwave, but the Pyrénées-Orientales will no longer be affected tomorrow morning at six o'clock.

• Incredible feat by French driver Pierre Gasly, who took pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, a first for a French racer in 29 years.

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#POLITICS Even though I understand that the media love this kind of subject on physical preparation for the presidential campaign, like the Figaro article that you share, I don't see what knowing whether this or that candidate is going to run, go to the gym or do yoga brings to the debate.

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@halberstadt So perhaps it's a tropism of a journalist interested in sport, but the presidential campaign has become such a cross-country race with crazy paces for the candidates that, yes, it interests me quite a bit. I remember an article from L'Equipe in 2017 which questioned Jean-Luc Mélenchon about his nutrition to sustain (raw salmon). It seems to me that this aspect of physical preparation of candidates has become significant since the 2000s with the rise of continuous news.

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#POLITICS “If some expect me to be disloyal to Marine Le Pen, that is very poor knowledge of me,” responds on BFM Jordan Bardella to accusations of cacophony within the RN. “I will do my job, honor the commitment I made to her.”

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#POLITICS Jordan Bardella is questioned on BFM about the famous agreement on immigration signed with Nigel Farage, the leader of the British far right, which plans to send back migrants who attempt to cross the Channel to France. “There will be no more migrants crossing the Channel,” defends the leader of the RN. “If tomorrow France governed by the RN implements a dissuasive immigration policy, there will no longer be illegal camps around Calais.”

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#POLITICS A surprising point in the Ipsos-BVA poll published in Le Parisien on voting intentions in the presidential election. If Marine Le Pen is in the lead, around 35% of the votes regardless of the opposition in the first round, the president of the RN is also judged the "most reassuring" (with 40% of opinions in this sense) and the "least worrying" by those questioned, while 81% of respondents consider Jean-Luc Mélenchon "worrying".

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We take stock of the news this Saturday evening.

• #POLITICS At the Lille Braderie, Jean-Luc Mélenchon pulled Jordan Bardella's ears, calling him a "fascist with no reputation" after his pas de deux with British far-right leader Nigel Farage. The latter will respond on BFMTV in the evening. Follow our live coverage of the political day.

• #UKRAINE Donald Trump's emissaries landed in Moscow, before going to kyiv tomorrow. Vladimir Putin claims to have ordered not to carry out strikes on kyiv for three days, Volodymyr Zelensky claims to have done the same. Follow our live stream.

• #METEOSeven departments in the South-East are still placed on orange alert for the heatwave, but the Pyrénées-Orientales will no longer be affected tomorrow morning at six o'clock.

• Incredible feat by French driver Pierre Gasly, who took pole position at the Italian Grand Prix, a first for a French racer in 29 years.

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#POLITICS LFI claims 12,000 people in the audience for Jean-Luc Mélenchon's speech in Lille (North), on the occasion of the famous Braderie.

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#POLITICS Interesting article from Le Figaro on the physical preparation secrets of presidential candidates before the electoral marathon that awaits them. “Few agree to say that they have psychological coaches, unlike high-level athletes. For many, it remains proof of weakness,” says Patrick Légeron, stress specialist and founder of the Stimulus firm. On the prep side, it is now rare for a candidate not to do sport, running and boxing being favored.

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#POLITICS That's it for Jean-Luc Mélenchon's speech in Lille, very focused on the economy. The rebellious leader couldn't help but add a final layer on the Macronists in power: "This country is boiling and has had enough of being led by good-for-nothings", whom he then described as "scrappy politicians."

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