{"id":328619,"date":"2026-07-03T05:34:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T05:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=328619"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:26:09","slug":"france-police-launch-raids-against-anti-immigration-national-rally-party-before-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=328619","title":{"rendered":"France: Police launch raids against anti-immigration National Rally party before elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Remix News \u2013 July 1, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Yesterday, National Rally leader Jordan Bardella wrote of police raids targeting communications providers that worked with his party, as well as an upcoming judicial investigation targeting him for a job he did 12 years ago. All of these actions are being taken in the lead up to French national elections next year, where Bardella is shown to be leading in polls to become the next president of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince early this morning, searches have been underway at the offices and personal residences of communication providers who have worked with us,\u201d wrote Bardella on X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the same time, <em>Le Canard encha\u00een\u00e9<\/em> also informs us of the upcoming opening of a judicial investigation concerning me, following a complaint from a militant association, regarding a job I held for a few months at the European Parliament\u2026 nearly twelve years ago,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"x0ZGPiSVaI\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/le-pens-revenge-bardella-projected-to-win-2027-french-election-runoff-in-all-scenarios\/\">Le Pen\u2019s revenge? Bardella projected to win 2027 French election runoff in all scenarios<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script><\/p>\n<p>\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/<\/p>\n<p>!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&#038;&#038;(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&#038;&#038;(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&#038;&#038;(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&#038;&#038;n.host===r.host&#038;&#038;l.activeElement===s&#038;&#038;(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/rmx.news\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\n<\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>He then noted that these actions are being taken before elections, writing: \u201cAs always, judicial proceedings herald the electoral calendar. We have nothing to reproach ourselves for, and we will demonstrate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The European Public Prosecutor\u2019s Office announced on Tuesday it is \u201ccurrently carrying out investigative measures in France and other European countries as part of an ongoing investigation into the use of European funds by a former political group in the European Parliament between 2019 and 2024.\u201d This is a clear reference to the Identity and Democracy group.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the National Rally is being targeted once again over alleged embezzlement of European funds.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\uf1eb\uf1f7\uf1ea\uf1faThe EU is using each crisis \u2013 immigration, Covid-19, and now the war in Ukraine \u2013 to seize more and more power, says Marine Le Pen.<\/p>\n<p>\"My deep feeling is that the EU systematically uses crises to advance its agenda and to assume powers and competences that the treaties have\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tX2XwINDT4\">pic.twitter.com\/tX2XwINDT4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remix News &amp; Views (@RMXnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMXnews\/status\/2002118041492979736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 19, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Le Monde, which first revealed the information, reported that the searches are taking place as part of an investigation opened in July 2025, following a report from the European Parliament\u2019s financial affairs directorate.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The RN calls the timing \u201ctroubling\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>According to Philippe Ballard, an RN deputy for Oise and party spokesperson, the complaint originated with a \u201cmilitant association.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.franceinfo.fr\/politique\/front-national\/des-perquisitions-en-cours-aux-sieges-et-aux-domiciles-personnels-de-prestataires-de-communication-ayant-travaille-avec-le-rassemblement-national_8087309.html\">france info<\/a>, he said: \u201cThere are many [associations] who sue us, which they never win anyway.\u201d He added: \u201cWe will let justice take its course. But we are calm. We will show that we are, once again, completely innocent.\u201d<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\uf1eb\uf1f7\uf1ea\uf1f8Free movement in Europe's Schengen should only be for EU citizens, not migrants, says French political leader <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/J_Bardella?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@J_Bardella<\/a> after Spain's far-left government decided to legalize up to 800,000 migrants.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is why I believe that the Schengen area and the free movement allowed\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KbwWsAZyT8\">pic.twitter.com\/KbwWsAZyT8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Remix News &amp; Views (@RMXnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RMXnews\/status\/2046596763532841463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>RN deputy Jean-Philippe Tanguy, for his part, told BFMTV that he found it \u201cdisturbing that one week before Marine Le Pen\u2019s court deliberations, this affair resurfaces.\u201d The Paris Court of Appeal is set to rule on July 7 on whether to uphold Marine Le Pen\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/france-marine-le-pen-says-she-will-not-run-in-2027-election-if-under-house-arrest-names-successor\/\">ineligibility in the European parliamentary assistants affair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Bardella is <a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/le-pens-revenge-bardella-projected-to-win-2027-french-election-runoff-in-all-scenarios\/\">leading in many polls to become the country\u2019s next president<\/a>. The question now is whether the establishment is going to wield the courts against Bardella as well, potentially eliminating him from the ballot entirely before he can even run.<\/p>\n<p>As Remix News reported earlier, many in Brussels fear a Bardella versus Jean-Luc M\u00e9lenchon matchup, which could throw the EU establishment into chaos regardless of who wins. Notably, polling shows that Bardella <a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/bardella-leads-french-presidential-race-as-philippe-slumps-and-melenchon-closes-in\/\">would crush<\/a> M\u00e9lenchon in a head-to-head runoff matchup.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dscwbgNNi6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/rmx.news\/article\/france-marine-le-pen-says-she-will-not-run-in-2027-election-if-under-house-arrest-names-successor\/\">France: Marine Le Pen says she will not run in 2027 election if under house arrest, names successor<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script><\/p>\n<p>\/*! 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