""It's one more step in building his image after a nationwide tour to promote his book," said Philippe Moreau Chevrolet, a communications professor at Sciences Po."
""Will his voters buy into the fairy tale of the descendant of Italian immigrants who's dating a princess? Or will they say 'he's betraying us to join the jet set'? We don't know," he said."
"Left-wing lawmaker Alexis Corbière decried what he thought was 'a new stage in the normalisation of the far right'."
"Bardella is the grandson of Italian immigrants. He grew up in the low-income Paris suburb of Drancy and likes to present himself as 'the boy from the ghetto'."
Bardella is positioning himself for a potential presidential run as Emmanuel Macron steps down. If Marine Le Pen is barred from office due to a fraud conviction, Bardella could be the candidate. His recent public appearances are seen as efforts to humanize his image, similar to Le Pen's previous strategies. Critics express concern over the normalization of the far right, while Bardella's background as the grandson of Italian immigrants adds to his narrative. He has a history with the Front National and has rapidly advanced in politics.
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