"A courteous exchange": Nicolas Sarkozy and Jordan Bardella met on Tuesday at the initiative of the former president

Nicolas Sarkozy met with Jordan Bardella on Tuesday morning at the former president's Paris offices, their respective entourages have learned, confirming information from Le Parisien . The meeting took place at the initiative of the former head of state, for whom Jordan Bardella has repeatedly expressed a form of admiration for his victorious 2007 presidential campaign.

According to the far-right leader's entourage, it was "a courteous and warm exchange on the political situation and the future of France." "Marine Le Pen was aware of this meeting," the same source emphasized.

The meeting had "no political meaning," "it was a human moment," "very cordial," during which the two personalities "spoke about France," Nicolas Sarkozy's entourage argued.

In his book published in the autumn "What I am looking for" (Fayard) , Jordan Bardella notably considered that "the idea of ​​bringing together in a single movement the French from the working classes and a part of the conservative bourgeoisie as Nicolas Sarkozy did in 2007 is relevant".

The RN president had filmed a video a year earlier in his office, highlighting Nicolas Sarkozy's memoirs, "Le temps des combats" (Fayard), above a pile of files.

In mid-June, Jordan Bardella had also expressed his "feeling" that "there is a desire" to humiliate the former head of state after his Legion of Honour was withdrawn due to his definitive sentence of one year in prison in the so-called Bismuth affair . Nicolas Sarkozy, still a member of the Republicans party, had been "sensitive" to this, his entourage recalled on Tuesday.