The battles lost are those that were not fought, they say. So, three days before the European elections, Emmanuel Macron throws his last strength into trying to mitigate the defeat predicted by the polls and reduce the gap with the National Rally (RN), which is in the lead. “I don’t believe in polls, I believe in elections,” said the Head of State, interviewed on Thursday June 6, during the 8 p.m. news on France 2 and TF1.
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The President of the Republic, who spoke from the gardens of the Abbaye aux Hommes in Caen, has no use for the criticisms of the oppositions, who accuse him of skewing the rules of the democratic game by monopolizing the media to get involved in this campaign. Throughout this day of commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings, Emmanuel Macron was at the forefront alongside the American President, Joe Biden, the Ukrainian Head of State, Volodymyr Zelensky, and King Charles III.
Was it necessary, in addition, for him to speak about these elections at prime time? “It was not me who chose the date of June 6. And talking about Europeans is essential for the life of the country and the course of the nation. I think it is my role to do it in the place of the President of the Republic,” he assumes, saying he has “it’s hard to understand why talking about the D-Day landings, talking about what’s happening in Russia, talking about what’s happening with these European elections, that’s not my role.”
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“Cause an awakening”
A week earlier, from Dresden, Germany, Emmanuel Macron was alarmed by the “bad winds” which are blowing over Europe, evoking the rise of the extreme right. After seven years in power, the head of state could have to draw the consequences of an electoral disavowal which would propel Jordan Bardella’s party to unprecedented scores. “I hear all the messages, it’s not anecdotal”he points out.
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But with seventy-two hours before the June 9 deadline, it is too early, he says, to report a possible rout. “I like to do things in orderhe states. Today, I am fighting to convince as many of our compatriots as possible to vote. » THE ” aim ” of his intervention is therefore to “to cause an awakening, a start” For “protect France” And “protect Europe”.
Emmanuel Macron wants to demonstrate that a sanction vote targeting him, a vote “unwind”he said, would have tragic consequences for the Union. “If, tomorrow, the far right has a blocking minority in Europe, you will not have a Europe of vaccines. These are people who will give you chloroquine or the Sputnik vaccine,” he says, outlining the harms that a vote for the far right would have to fight climate change, respond to the challenge of artificial intelligence and contain illegal immigration.
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