An attempt to intervene in the interior of political life by his government in favor of the far -right leader records.
Secret meeting in Paris
According to the news agency report at the end of May, shortly after the conviction of Lepen by a French court depriving her of being a candidate, a State Dipermem delegation met with high -ranking National Alarm executives.
During the meeting, with the US delegation, led by Samuel Samson, RN officials have received a proposal for a campaign on the part of the US government and Donald Trump himself to publicly support Marin Lenn.
RN says it rejected the sentence
According to the report, although neither Marin Lepen was present at the meeting, nor the number 2 of her lineup, Zordan Bardela, RN executives rejected the American side’s offer on the grounds that a public support from the State Diprand 2027.
According to an anonymous source cited by Reuters, RN officials also told Samson that there is no reason to support Lepen, as Bardela has a good chance of winning the election if he could not go down.
Did not deny rn the offer the Americans say
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, a senior official at the State Department, confirmed that the meeting was held, but questioned what the French side said that the help was rejected. The official argued that RN representatives “simply insisted on the fact that they had to act in their interest as independent parties”.
RN’s reaction shows that despite the areas of ideological proximity, Trump’s support is considered a burden on the European far -right and nationalists.
A source close to Lepen confirmed the meeting, saying that “supporting our party by a foreign government is not exactly something we are used to.”
Samson and the… censorship of the far -right
The day before the RN meeting, writing on the Substack of the State Department, Samson mentioned Lepen’s case as proof that “Europe has evolved into a hotbed of digital censorship, mass immigration, restrictions on religious freedom and many other democratic attacks”.
State Department official rejected the criticism of Trump’s opponents that his government is only interested in “censorship” and the human rights of the far -right.
“The unpleasant reality of today’s human rights rhetoric is that it is politicized and makes a selective projection,” the official said, adding that the Trump government is simply trying to “correct” it.
Samson was the driving force behind an attempt to support protesters against abortions in the United Kingdom, one of the sources said.
The concerns he expressed about a European attack on freedom of speech reflect on those made by US Vice President Jay Di Vance during a bomb speech in Munich earlier this year.
