National Rally (Rassemblement National, RN) President and MEP Jordan Bardella joins the hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, two days after Marine Le Pen was given a partly suspended jail term and a fine but, above all, an immediate ban from taking part in elections for five years after being convicted for a scheme at the EU parliament where assistants were actually working for her party. Much attention in the last days has focused on a so-called "Plan B" where RN party leader Jordan Bardella, 29, would take her place. IMAGES