Jordan Bardella Talks About His "Memorable" Vacations in Morocco

In this autobiographical account, Jordan Bardella looks back on his political career, but also on his childhood in the Paris suburbs, in Saint-Denis, and in Morocco where he spent his vacations with his grandfather Guerino, an Italian-born carpenter and cabinetmaker. "Guerino fell in love with Morocco, which he found so warm and welcoming that he settled there once he retired. My father used to take me to visit him once a year," he confides in the book, excerpts of which were revealed in an article published on Tuesday in the columns of the daily Le Figaro.

The president of the National Rally has an unforgettable memory of these quality moments spent with his grandfather. "The stays with this affectionate grandfather, lulled by the Moroccan sun, have filled me with happiness. Guerino taught me to handle a hunting rifle and to fish," he writes. Jordan Bardella also revealed the reasons that led his grandfather to leave France to settle in Morocco. He indicates in the book that Guerino told him that "France has changed a lot. I no longer recognize this country. Everything is disorder, tension, these attacks, this feeling of dirtiness when you arrive at the Porte de la Chapelle. I miss France, but I no longer want to go back there." A political discourse therefore under the guise of touching memories in Morocco.

From this statement by his grandfather, the European deputy draws the following conclusion: "Guerino went elsewhere to seek the values of respect, authority and order that are dear to him." In an article published on June 28, Jeune Afrique revealed that Jordan Bardella’s grandfather settled in Casablanca after his divorce from Réjane Mada, the politician’s grandmother. In this Moroccan city, Guerino "married a Moroccan woman named Hakima" in a second marriage, the article informed.

This union suggests that Jordan Bardella’s grandfather converted to Islam "in accordance with the law in force in Morocco, which stipulates that a Moroccan citizen cannot marry a non-Muslim foreigner unless the latter has officially converted beforehand before an adoul and several witnesses," specifies the magazine, which also reveals that Guerino "had long been in the habit of going to the restaurant of the Italian Circle "Chez Massimo", on Boulevard Bir Anzarane, in Casablanca, like many of his compatriots living in the economic capital of Morocco."