Macron: The masks have fallen / I don’t want to give Le Pen the key to power
report Mehr News Agency, according to Euronews, French President Emmanuel Macron, in his first speech after the dissolution of the National Assembly following the defeat of his party in the European Parliament elections, called on the moderate politicians in the left and right parties to to form a coalition to defeat the extreme right in the national elections.
Macron, who leads the centrist Renaissance party, said he wanted “men and women of good character who can say ‘no’ to extremists” to join the coalition. make a joint project for France.”
On his request to hold early elections, Macron added that after his party’s defeat in the European Parliament elections, he was unable to ignore the new political realities.
He pointed to the next French presidential election and said: Everyone is witnessing the rise of the far-right flood. Everyone says that Macron will give them the keys (to power/palace). I don’t want to give them the key to 2027.
He added: Two-thirds of the French wanted the dissolution of the National Assembly and 50% of the people vote for the extremists. I couldn’t do anything because they accused me of complete confusion.
He asked moderates, democrats and supporters of Europe to unite to defeat the far-right in the elections at the end of this month, Eric Ciotti, the leader of the French Republican Party, for expressing his desire. He criticized the National Rally for forming a coalition with the party.
Macron continued: Since yesterday evening, the masks have fallen and there is a war between those who are looking for votes and those who are fighting for France. The rightists intend to form a coalition with the extreme right. Conservatives have turned their backs on the legacy of Charles de Gaulle, Jacques Chirac and Sarkozy (former French presidents).
Defending his actions in the economic field, including the controversial reforms of the pension law, he warned that both the extreme right and the extreme left would bring France to the brink of economic disaster. gave He claimed: Both extreme parties have planned to impoverish the country!
According to the survey conducted by the French Public Opinion Research Institute (IFAP), in the first round of the country’s parliamentary elections, the right-wing “National Rally” party led by Marin Le Pen, the leader of the French opposition, will defeat Macron’s party by winning 35 percent of the votes.
