Jordan Bardella Re-Elected as France's National Rally Leader

Jordan Bardella has been re-elected as leader of France's right-wing National Rally party after running unopposed at the party congress in Orléans, Yonhap News and German daily Die Welt reported. Bardella, who in 2022 became the first party leader from outside the Le Pen family, secured 98.98% of the vote.

Concurrently with the party congress, around 13,000 people took to the streets in Orléans to protest the gathering, according to Die Welt. Further details regarding the party's upcoming presidential campaign steps have not yet been released.