Jordan Bardella, now 29, became RN leader in 2022, taking over from Marine Le Pen. He skipped the meeting after Steve Bannon was accused of making a gesture reminiscent of a Nazi salute.

PARIS: France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardella said on Friday he had cancelled his speech at a right-wing meeting in Washington after a “gesture alluding to Nazi ideology” by conservative firebrand Steve Bannon.

French far-right leader Jordan Bardella on Friday cancelled his speech at the conservative CPAC conference in Washington after what he described as a Nazi salute by a speaker, an apparent reference to Steve Bannon,

Accusations of an apparent Nazi salute by American conservative firebrand and Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon at a Washington convention led a French far-right leader to withdraw from the event