Macron is discreet about Europeans and cedes fighter planes to kyiv. Mixing the conflict in Ukraine with the founding values of Europe, the Head of State strove in his speech this Thursday to remain in the presidential office while considering that it is his duty to encourage the French to go vote.
“D-Day” is on everyone’s minds. “Infinite courage”, “eternal thanks”, “heroics”… on the eve of the end of the official campaign, the candidates competed in paying tribute to the heroes of the Normandy landings, whose 80th anniversary was commemorated on Thursday. With one exception: that of the pro-Brexit candidate François Asselineau.
One head of the list calls for voting for another… Pierre Larrouturou, head of the “Nouvelle Donne” list, announced that he will vote for his environmentalist competitor Marie Toussaint, in order to help her obtain 5% of the votes and seats in the European Parliament.
Macron “obsessed with the RN score on Sunday”, according to Bardella. The president is “obsessed with only one thing: it is the score of the National Rally on Sunday”, quipped head of list RN Jordan Bardella on Europe1-Cnews on Thursday. “Because we can win, in 2024 but also in 2027, so we must vote useful, and the time of division (Editor’s note: with the rights) must be behind us.”
Europe “must not die because of France”, warned Gabriel Attal. “France is a founding country of the European Union. Europe was born thanks to France, it must not die because of France which would send the first battalion of far-right deputies to the European Parliament, that is the risk and what is at stake on June 9 », said the Prime Minister on France 2 on Thursday, on the sidelines of the ceremonies for the 80th anniversary of the Landing.
Voting begins in the Netherlands. The opening of polling stations on Thursday at 7:30 a.m. in the Netherlands marked the start of the European elections across the 27 EU countries to elect 720 MEPs, with an expected surge from the nationalist right which, even very divided , should weigh on the debates. In the rest of the EU, the Czech Republic and Ireland will vote on Friday, and Italy, Slovakia and Latvia on Saturday, before the rest of the 27 on Sunday, including France and Germany.
