Steve Bannon denied that his gesture was a Nazi greeting and described it as a “wave”.
French extreme right leader Jordan Bardella He said he canceled a planned speech at the right meeting in Washington after “Gesta alludes in Nazi ideology” of the speaker, the obvious reference to the Conservative Fire brand Steve Bannon.
The president of the National Rena River (RN) party said that he was not present when Bannon-one of US President Donald Trump’s presidential campaign made the apparent gesture of fascist style at a conference of a conservative political action (CPAC) Thursday.
“Yesterday, while I was not present in the room, one of the provocative speakers allowed myself a gesture that alludes in Nazi ideology. So I made the immediate decision to cancel my speech scheduled this afternoon,” Bardella said in a statement on Friday.
As his speech was coming to an end, Bannon briefly endured a stiff hand while suggested that Trump could follow the constitutionally forbidden third term, urging the audience to “fight, fight, fight”.
On Friday, Bannon denied that he had made a fascist greeting and told a French journalist that it was a “wave to the audience”.
In an interview with a journalist from Le Point, Bannon said Bardella was “Wimp” if he canceled his appearance over the gesture.
“If it is worried about it … then he is unworthy and will never run France,” Bannon said.
Bannon’s gesture resembled one billionaire of technology and Trump’s Ally Elon Musk last month, which was widely compared to Nazi greeting.
Former Trump strategist and executive director of right -wing media served a four -month sentence Last year for defiance of the Congress Call for Testimony 6. January 2021, riots in the capitol of the United States.
Bardella, 29, became the leader of RN -A 2022 Marine Le penand runs a group of patriots in the European Parliament.
Le Pen remained a party leader in parliament. She was the winner of the last two French presidential elections, and it is expected that the next presidential ride will be in 2027.
Le Pen has worked hard that the party that her father Jean-Marie has faced more delicious for voters since she took over from him in 2011. This included members of the Cleaning of Accused of Anti -Semitism and the appointment of Telegene Bardella to expand her electorate.
RN won a Record the number of seats in parliament In the Snap poll last year after President Emmanuel Macron dissolved Donja Komora when the Le Pen party at the top of the European election survey.
At the European extreme right in Madrid earlier this month, Le Pen adopted the slogan “Make Europe Big”, nod Trump’s growing cry “Make America a big” and welcome Trump’s “Tornado” in the US as showing the way forward for the European Union .
Bardella represented the restriction on her party for Trump’s idea in January. “Donald Trump’s patriotism does not mean being a vassal of the United States,” he said.
