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Bardella Meets Medef as RN Seeks Economic Legitimacy

The rare reception by France’s main employers’ group tests whether business will normalize the far right.

Le CAC 40 cherche à sonder les jeunes reins de Bardella, mais juste « pour voir », comme disent les joueurs de cartes, pour le convaincre d’aller plus avant dans la baisse des charges et les réductions d’impôts « au cas où ».
« Tous les économistes qui ont travaillé sur le bouclage macro du programme du RN convergent pour dire que ça ne boucle pas. Les économies proposées sont notamment mal documentées et difficilement réalisables », estime l'économiste Anthony Morlet-Lavidalie.
Jordan Bardella lors d'un discours après le premier tour des élections municipales (image d'illustration). [Gabriel BOUYS / AFP]
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Overview

  • Jordan Bardella pitched a pro‑enterprise agenda to Medef during a Monday lunch that marked the group’s first official reception of a Rassemblement National leader.
  • Bardella said he wants to lift regulatory barriers to boost production and declared he is not ashamed of business, echoing a letter he and Marine Le Pen sent to industry chiefs before the meeting.
  • Medef president Patrick Martin said engaging the RN does not mean taking sides, while the CFDT called the invitation cynical, the CPME denounced hypocrisy, and Maif’s chief refused to attend citing major political risk.
  • A claim that Martin mocked Bardella’s economic level was false, which Bardella labeled a gross fake news, and MEP Nathalie Loiseau deleted her post after saying she had been duped.
  • RN’s outreach is being shaped by new special adviser François Durvye, a former investment executive who joined Bardella and aims to bridge the party with corporate leaders after years of distance before the 2027 race.