Jordan Bardella: France's far-right leader 'ready' to rule and fight immigration

Six days before France votes, the National Rally leader says he is the only credible alternative.

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Jordan Bardella, 28, told voters ahead of the first round of parliamentary elections this Sunday that National Rally was "the only credible alternative" to respond to France's aspirations.

He is hoping to be France's next prime minister if National Rally becomes the biggest party in the National Assembly, as opinion polls suggest.

As well as expelling foreign criminals, his party wants to restrict immigration by abolishing the right of nationality - droit du sol - for anyone who has lived on French soil for at least five years from the age of 11 to 18.

Opinion polls put National Rally (RN) several points clear of the left-wing New Popular Front. President Emmanuel Macron's centrist party, Renew, was behind in third place, after he responded to RN's European election victory earlier this month by calling the snap election.

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