Overview
- The Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique update published 14 August 2026 records €1,035,178 paid by Fayard for two books, broken down as €88,068 in 2024, €640,147 in 2025 and €306,963 so far in 2026.
- Reporting estimates place total sales for the two titles at about 320,000 copies with roughly 230,000 for the 2024 book and the remainder for the 2025 book, which explains the scale of the royalties.
- The books were published by Fayard, a house owned since 2023 by Vincent Bolloré, a fact highlighted across coverage as relevant to media and publishing ownership.
- A third book is scheduled for release on 4 November 2026 and is available for preorder on Fnac, and Fayard plans a post-release tour of signings reported to be part of the promotional push.
- The declared earnings add to Bardella’s public-payroll income as a Member of the European Parliament and raise questions in coverage about the intersection of commercial publishing, campaign timing and the use of publisher-funded promotion.