Bardella’s next dream : a Franco-German reset – POLITICO

Jordan Bardella wants to break through Germany’s far-right firewall.

As he prepares for a potential run for the presidency in 2027, the 30-year-old leader of France’s far-right National Rally is trying to soften his party’s historically hostile posture toward Germany and present himself as a leader with whom the country’s political establishment could one day do business.

Bardella secretly met with the German ambassador to France earlier this year, and two senior National Rally officials — speaking on condition of anonymity to talk about internal party discussions — suggested he could make a trip to Germany in the coming months.