Jordan Bardella Denies Antisemitism Claims as French Report Circulates

The allegation

Paris, 5 October 2026. Jordan Bardella, leader of France's far-right Rassemblement National and Marine Le Pen's deputy, is pushing back on a report that he wrote anti-Israel messages as a teenager.

An investigative outlet deepened the claims on 1 October. Bardella criticised what he called the report's so-called proof. He denies writing the messages.

Why it lands now

The row sits beside the school unrest. Lecornu and Le Pen have both blamed the far left for stoking the protests, while Bardella's own file is the one dominating political coverage.

No court filing was part of the published accounts. The dispute is over messages attributed to him as a young activist, which he says are not his.