Marine Le Pen and Jordan Bardella, the leading figures of France's anti-immigration National Rally (RN) party, have held separate diplomatic meetings with the ambassadors of Israel and Germany as they position themselves ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Le Pen met the Israeli ambassador last month — the first such encounter — while Bardella sat down with the German envoy in February, with both sides describing the talks as routine diplomatic contact; the two also met US Ambassador Charles Kushner late last year. The outreach signals growing foreign interest in the RN, which is polling strongly with Macron constitutionally barred from seeking a third term, though Le Pen's candidacy remains uncertain pending a July court ruling that could ban her from public office over an alleged fake jobs scheme.