{"id":12977,"date":"2026-05-13T02:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/12977\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T02:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T02:05:08","slug":"bardellas-next-dream-a-franco-german-reset-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/12977\/","title":{"rendered":"Bardella\u2019s next dream : a Franco-German reset \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt is part of an embassy\u2019s role to talk to all political forces in its host country,\u201d said a spokesperson for the embassy, declining to comment on what was discussed.<\/p>\n<p>A press representative for the party said no visit to Germany was in the works as of now, but Bardella\u2019s inner circle has an example in mind for constructive collaboration with the EU\u2019s economic powerhouse: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/eu-new-power-couple-alliance-europe-giorgia-meloni-friedrich-merz\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">working relationship<\/a> between German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Meloni, who has recast herself in office as a more moderate figure after years on the political fringes.<\/p>\n<p>Bardella has publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/jordan-bardella-marine-le-pen-france-national-rally-far-right-leader\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cited Meloni<\/a> as an inspiration, and hopes are growing within his party that if he were to become president, he could work with the German and Italian leaders to push the EU in a rightward direction.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faz.net\/aktuell\/politik\/ausland\/jordan-bardella-im-f-a-z-interview-ueber-migration-merz-und-die-afd-accg-200822399.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">an interview<\/a> with the German newspaper FAZ Tuesday, Bardella hinted at his hope of forming a power triangle with Berlin and Rome, citing migration as an issue on which the three capitals could have a common cause. \u201cFrance and Germany, with Italy\u2019s support, can consider new forms of cooperation on this issue,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChancellor Merz is cooperating very pragmatically with Giorgia Meloni\u2019s government,\u201d said National Rally MEP Fabrice Leggeri, one of the party\u2019s top figures in Brussels, noting ongoing tensions between Berlin and Paris under French President Emmanuel Macron.<\/p>\n<p>Bridge building<\/p>\n<p>A French appeals court will decide in July whether Marine Le Pen, the National Rally\u2019s longtime de facto leader, will be able to stand in next year\u2019s French presidential election. If Le Pen is barred from running for office. Bardella is the party\u2019s official Plan B.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cIt is part of an embassy\u2019s role to talk to all political forces in its host country,\u201d said&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[502,2127,14386,60,393,5,1634,7831,7832,3262,2974],"class_list":{"0":"post-12977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-germany","8":"tag-diplomacy","9":"tag-emmanuel-macron","10":"tag-fabrice-leggeri","11":"tag-france","12":"tag-friedrich-merz","13":"tag-germany","14":"tag-giorgia-meloni","15":"tag-jordan-bardella","16":"tag-marine-le-pen","17":"tag-nigel-farage","18":"tag-viktor-orban"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/germany\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}