Donald Trump will make his return to the Oval Office. The Republican candidate beat his Democratic rival Kamala Harris this Tuesday, November 6, thus becoming the 47th President of the United States. “It is a victory for patriotism, a lesson for France“reacted immediately Eric Ciotti, LR-affiliated RN Riviera deputy and president of the Union of Rights for the Republic.
“A victory against a system” says Eric Ciotti
“It is a victory against far-left wokism, a victory against a media and political system, against a form of powerlessness and a form of decline.“, continue Eric Ciottiwho made no secret of his support for Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
“Today, our country is in danger from economic collapse, industrial decline, the explosion of mass immigration, insecurity and violence. it calls for changing the codes and stopping with all those who govern us in a soft centrism which produces nothing good for the country.”
“This is not good news for France” says LR/RN deputy Henri Leroy
The Riviera senator Henri Leroyalso an LR-affiliated RN deputy, had also supported Donald Trump and hoped for his victory. “There is a wave of withdrawal in countries so I was confident, I thought he was going to win. Let's look around us, countries today want to protect themselves and preserve their culture, their identity and above all protect their nationals.“, assures Henri Leroy who immediately congratulated the new American president.
However, he recognizes that the election of Donald Trump could have negative consequences in France. “Donald Trump wants to tax Chinese products, European products, he asks that Europe invest as much as the United States in the defense of Europe. So it is mainly in these two areas of the economy and of the security of our territories that the election will have a significant impact.
“The election of Trump is not good news for France, but it may finally force France to review its security policy with its European allies and this will force our country to review its policy of openness which is detrimental to the French.”
“Europe must strengthen itself” specifies Laurent Castillo, LR MEP
“Whether it is Trump or Harris, the United States is losing interest in Europe“, believes the Riviera MEP Laurent Castillo. “So yes, there will be consequences, without us yet knowing precisely which ones in the Alpes-Maritimes.”
“The United States is more protectionist than us but we also have economic weapons to put forward. This is an important shift for Europe and it must be a signal for Europe. Faced with the United States, which covered us, Europe must strengthen itself and become more independent..”
Among the consequences that the election may have, the Riviera MEP thinks first of the war in Ukraine. “Trump said it, he planned to stop the war and quickly. We can only be in favor of stopping a war that is on our doorstep. We need to make peace and maybe Donald Trump will be able to achieve it.“
The call from Dominique Estrosi Sassone, senator LR, to be “extremely vigilant”
Senator LR Dominique Estrosi Sassone, for her part, calls for vigilance. “We know what Donald Trump did when he was in office four years ago, taxes on wine, on luxury products, the distortion of competition between Boeing and Airbus for example. What we have seen in the past requires us to be extremely vigilant.”
“But in this international context, we also need to remember that the United States remains an allied country for France and for Europe and that it is also important that there be this security and stability between these countriesadds the Nice senator. Because we see, conflicts are present on a planetary scale, with consequences that are extremely serious for the democracies that we represent and that we embody.”
“We must now better protect our interests” says Bryan Masson, RN deputy
For RN deputy Bryan Masson, Donald Trump's victory is “a great victory for American democracy which should push France into action.” The Cagnois summarizes his thoughts: “We are not in euphoria or blindness. We now have the responsibility to preserve and protect the interests of France in a world where the Americans will defend theirs more..”
How ? By a “Europe of Nations“replies the far-right elected official.”What is needed is a Europe with national sovereignties, an intelligent Europe, a Europe which does not believe that globalization is all nice, all nice and all rosy. We will have to defend our sovereignty, our industries and our businesses.“
