Calling to counter extremes, Emmanuel Macron asks “not to be afraid on June 30”
“I made a decision of trust in the people”, justified Emmanuel Macron in a speech given on the occasion of the Music Festival. He … not “don’t be afraid on June 30, [il] we must go and vote, convince and vote responsibly”called the head of state, affirming that“there is no democracy that will hold without the people”.
“I have heard debates all over the country for several days”he told the audience gathered in the main courtyard of the Elysée to listen to the Canadian-Ukrainian pianist Anastasia Rizikov, the singer Gilbert Montagné and the DJs Ofenbach and Agoria. “On June 9, I made a very serious, very heavy decision and, I can tell you, which cost me a lot. No, no, no you don’t have to be very afraid”said Mr. Macron.
He recalled the score of the far right – 40% in the European elections, combining the scores of the National Rally (RN) and Reconquest! –, at the origin of his decision, but also pointed the finger at the radical left within the New Popular Front. “One is not the bulwark of the other. They vote together on motions of censure”he accused. “There are extremes that we cannot let pass”he said. “I tell you in responsibility, we cannot, casually, let them rise by saying to ourselves “it’s very serious and it will happen”. Now is the time to be responsible! »
The president reiterated his “confidence in the French people, their intelligence, their strength”. “There are plenty of people who would like to dissolve the people. No ! There are plenty of people who would like to govern despite the people. No ! »he asserted.
