Europeans: Steve Bannon to be counted in the time of the RN

Declarations by Donald Trump's former strategist Steve Bannon on the European elections are to be counted in the speaking time of the National Gathering's list, as support for the latter, the CSA said Wednesday, confirming information from the Daily program .

"Marine Le Pen denies its close ties with Steve Bannon, the CSA has decided to count the time of the former advisor Trump in that of the RN.It is considered a support," had said on Twitter a reporter for the TMC show.

Small info: Marine Le Pen denies its strong ties with Steve Bannon, the CSA has decided to count the time of the former advisor Trump in that of the RN. He is considered a support.

The RN ensures that Bannon plays no part in the campaign

Asked by AFP, the CSA indicated that the time of speech of Steve Bannon will be well counted of that of the list led by Jordan Bardella, on the basis of the recommendation taken March 27, which provides in particular that the radios and televisions "report (...) the speaking time of the candidate lists and their supporters in all their programs".

Under these rules, the duration of interventions from people expressly supporting a list of candidates is taken into account and aggregated to the speaking time of this list, says it to the CSA. This provision concerns both remarks that can be made by ordinary citizens, activists, artists, sportsmen or intellectuals, as well as by foreign personalities. In this case, as soon as Steve Bannon makes comments that meet this definition on the antenna of an audiovisual media, these remarks are noted and then allocated to the speaking time of the list concerned, argues the regulator.

If the party of Marine Le Pen assured that it did not play any role in the campaign for the Europeans, Steve Bannon, in France since the end of last week, had confirmed in an interview with the Parisian its links with the RN, presenting as an "informal adviser" acting on a "voluntary" basis, in particular to give "advice" and help establish "connections". "Of all the elections (...) it is by far, here, in France, the most important," Steve Bannon told the newspaper, saying he wants to intervene "in the media to talk about the RN".