Jordan Bardella is now a member of the biggest nationalist bloc in the EU parliament (Image: Getty)
The new lawmaker is now a member of the biggest nationalist bloc in the EU parliament, which brings together parties determined to take back power from the elite in Brussels.
Mr Bardella is a vocal eurosceptic and vice-president of the Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement national (RN) party.
Speaking yesterday he told France Info radio: “The European Union, today, embodies collective powerlessness, because we are unable to engage in dialogue with anyone.”
The far-right politician led the RN to victory in last month’s elections to the European Parliament, nudging President Emmanuel Macron’s pro-EU La République en Marche (LREM) party into second place.
Mrs Le Pen’s RN won 23.3 percent of the French vote, while the centrist LREM alliance won 22.4 percent.
Mrs Le Pen's RN won 23.3 percent of the French vote (Image: Getty)
The far-right’s victory dealt a symbolic blow to Mr Macron, who has put European renewal at the heart of his presidency and personally invested time in the campaign. But it has galvanised Mrs Le Pen, who for her part framed the president’s defeat as a repudiation by voters of his business-friendly policies and pro-EU, liberal vision.
Mrs Le Pen’s win was mirrored across Europe, namely in Italy, Germany and Britain, where populist, eurosceptic parties made significant gains.
Last week, the French
