Tuesday 25 November 2025, National Rally president Jordan Bardella suffered while visiting the Sainte-Catherine exhibition, in Vesoul (Haute-Saône). What has happened? Who is the suspected perpetrator? We take stock.
Sainte-Catherine’s bittersweet end for Jordan Bardella. Tuesday 25 November 2025, the president of the National Rally, as usual, visited the agricultural fair Sainte-Catherine, in Vesoul (Haute-Saône).
But the main event in Haute-Saône did not end as he had hoped, as the MEP was busy around 17.30, when he finished his journey. Here’s what we know.
Throwing flour in the crowd
Arrived at 16.30. In Vesoul, Jordan Bardella first greeted his supporters, before starting a visit to the agricultural fair, which this year was held without cows or horses, due to a lumpy skin disease. An hour later, at around 5:30 p.m., the president of the National Rally came to the agricultural union’s Rural Coordination booth.
He came to talk to us. And in the middle of shaking hands, we saw a wave of flour coming towards us. It was a young man who threw a packet of flour at us.
Florian Dirant,president of Rural Coordination 70
Therefore, Jordan Bardella and his interlocutors found themselves covered in flour. The rest was told by a witness at the scene, who did not want to be named. “His security officers immediately arrested the young manhe said.Then Mr. Bardella was taken to the Rural Coordination post for safekeeping. They took out the people inside“.
Who made Jordan Bardella suffer?
“As mentioned above, the perpetrator of this flour throwing was a young man,”born in 2008 and is 17 years old“, explains the Haute-Saône police, contacted by France 3 Franche-Comté. This minor is “a place“, who would have been a student at Edouard Belin High School, in Vesoul. According to several witnesses, one of his friends was filming the scene.
Arrested by security guard Jordan Bardella, this young man was then arrested by the police who immediately took him to the Vesoul police station. Until this news was written, the alleged perpetrator was still being detained by the police. The police told us that an investigation is underway and told us that the RN candidate will likely file a complaint.
What impact will Jordan Bardella’s visit to Vesoul have?
As you can imagine, the crowd stopped after this attack. After being floured and then placed safely behind the Rural Coordination stand, Jordan Bardella was taken back to his hotel, the Grand Hôtel du Nord.
“This does not interfere with the program or the exhibition” explained the Haute-Saône police. Indeed, the RN candidate, according to plan, was able to hold a signing session for his latest book from his hotel.
