The Head of State presented his vision of the French Presidency of the European Union, Wednesday 19 January. The opportunity for the oppositions to attack his assessment and, for Yannick Jadot, Eurodé and candidate, to hold a very offensive speech.
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The small story will remember that the kickoff of the French presidential election was given by a German, Wednesday, January 19, to the European Parliament. Emmanuel Macron has just submitted to the MEPs his vision of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, who will articulate, during the first half of the year, around three issues: “democracy”, “progress” and the ” peace “. Sage Applause have accompanied the President of the Republic to his seat, in a half empty hemicycle because of the health restrictions. The Parliament of Strasbourg purrne. This kind of appointment returns every six months, every change of presidency.
Manfred Weber, the boss of the group of the European People’s Party (EPP), the main strength of the institution, presents itself in the console. The Bavarian austere is not a fan of the French head of state, which prevented him from taking the presidency of the European Commission, in 2019. “We need more than words. We need to Acts “, he launched (in English) to this president who has multiplied during his five-yearly speeches on Europe, the PNYX Hill, Greece, to the Sorbonne. The purring of the deputies are silent. Mr. Weber continues.
He denounces the cleavage between progressives and populists, designed for five years by the tenant of the Elysée. It’s “not healthy”, it will strengthen the populists, “he alerts, before engaging in the French melee. “With Valérie Pécresse, we have healthy competition in the center, rejoices the elected representative, with reference to the candidate of the party the Republicans (LR), which belongs to his political family. I imagine that the French elector can make The balance of genres a reality and that, perhaps for the first time, we will vote for a woman in the presidency of the French Republic. “This time, the members are in a hubbub. The tone of the day is given.
“The president of the climate inaction”
The relatives of Emmanuel Macron were pleased to see their champion come to Strasbourg make a turn of heating from the campaign for the presidential election of 10 and 24 April. “It will be an entry in fact”, anticipated a minister for the one who is not yet officially candidate for his own succession. They were served. So much so that some parliamentarians have not hidden their annoyance, denouncing a hostage of the institution by the French political scene. The ecologist Yannick Jadot, the Mélenchonist Manon Aubry, or the interim president of the national rally, Jordan Bardella, all used the Strasbourg forum to discuss with the President of the Republic. A unique opportunity to address a head of state with whom parliamentarians, in France, do not have the right to debate.
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