France's Brexit REVOLUTION: Right-winger's plot to tempt UK back to REFORMED EU – REVEALED

Jordan Bardella, 23, outlined his vision during a speech in which he launched a caustic attack on French President Emmanuel Macron, currently under pressure in the face of the ongoing Yellow Vest protests. The RN, a rebranded version of the National Front previously led by Ms Le Pen’s father Jean-Marie, is predicted to gain about 22 percent in next month’s European parliamentary elections, close behind Mr Macron’s En Marche party. If such levels of support are replicated in the actual poll, it would give the RN significantly increased representation in Brussels, and Mr Bardella made it clear he would make the party’s voice heard.

Speaking in Les Herbiers, a town of 16,000 in the southwest of the country, he said: “We need to use the elections on May 26 to make ourselves heard and show our discontent with Macron’s policies.

“Otherwise, he will just continue.”

In words strikingly similar to those of US President Donald Trump, Mr Bardella said he backed “economic nationalism” and protectionism, more curbs on immigration and a tougher stance on crime.

He has also pledged to work alongside fellow right-wing parties including Italy’s Lega in Italy and Alternative for Germany (AfD) to change the EU from within.

Mr Bardella, who is likely to become the bloc’s youngest MEP, also said he had ambitions to persuade Britain to rejoin the EU after Brexit.

He said: “Our aim is to transform the EU into an alliance of nation states and give back their prerogatives and powers.

“If we succeed, Britain might be tempted to rejoin because it would not have to put up with all the negative aspects of the European Commission or diktats of commissioners.”

Stressing the RN’s nationalistic agenda, he added: “To be French is to have a heart that bleeds when you watch Notre Dame burn.”

“Marine Le Pen wanted to send a message of hope to show there was an alternative,” he said diplomatically.

“I am part of a generation that has grown up facing unemployment, insecurity and terrorism. 

“I have never known a France that is doing well and I want to know it.”

Mr Bardella, who grew up in the run-down Paris suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis, known by its administrative number, 93, added: “Growing up in 93 was a good school for life.

“When you are confronted by that level of social violence it quickly toughens you up. And that drew me into politics.”

Mr Bardella said the terror attacks which resulted in the deaths of 130 people at the Bataclan in 2015 were a decisive moment in his political development.

He said: “I was woken up at 4am by the sound of the helicopters and grenades.”

“After the attacks there was a huge wave of patriotism among young people. They put flags in their windows and signed up to join the police or the army or the fire service. 

“It’s a shame that it took the Bataclan to do that, but that’s how it was.”

source: express.co.uk