Paris: With less than two years until France’s next presidential election, Jordan Bardella, the blue-eyed boy and president of the far-right National Rally political party, is certainly and rapidly gaining popularity. Recent polls place the 30-year-old fledgling at 35 to 37.5% of voting intentions, transforming him from political prodigy to front-runner.

Even as Bardella’s planets and stars seem to be in perfect alignment, fundamental questions surface; Does he have the real capacities, maturity, and independence to serve as President of France, a key player in the European Union and a major geopolitical world power? Or does his flamboyant but limited career mask weaknesses that could shape France’s future?

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