Who is Jordan Bardella, the successor to French far right's Marine Le Pen?

According to France 24, Marine Le Pen, the figurehead of France's far-right movement, has been barred from public office for fifteen months following an appeal that found her guilty of embezzling European Union funds. She's also been sentenced to a year under electronic monitoring. While the ban wouldn't technically prevent her from running in an election, Le Pen has stated she refuses to campaign wearing an electronic tag. That position is opening the door for her political protégé, Jordan Bardella, to become the far right's likely presidential candidate.

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