“The first lesson from all this is that you don't win against populists by demonizing them.“, reacts Wednesday November 6 Roland Lescure, vice-president of the National Assembly, elected by French people abroad and also former minister of Industry and foreign trade, as Donald Trump claims victory. At 8:50 a.m. (French time), the results of the American presidential election are not final, but the Republican is in the lead with 267 voters, out of the 270 required, against 224 for Kamala Harris.
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“Behind Kamala Harris, there was basically a form of American-style Republican front. There was the left of the Democratic Party that was brought together with the moderate right“, analyzes the vice-president of the National Assembly and elected representative of French people abroad. “We need to talk to voters, not by demonizing them or sometimes even by scorning or humiliating them, but by talking to them about their problems.“, he continues.
“It is a very strong message of collective awakening in Europe”
According to Roland Lescure, Donald Trump's looming victory “is a kind of 'global wake-up call' which will lead us, I hope, to wake up in Europe to reinvest our industry because it will have more difficulty exporting“. “We are going to have a very protectionist America, we are going to have customs tariffs, if we believe what he said in his campaign, there is no reason not to believe him, which will increase by 20 to 25 % in Europe for all European products“, he explains.
On Wednesday morning, the French and German presidents said together that they wanted “working towards a stronger and more sovereign Europe“. The former Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade, Roland Lescure, insists on this point: “if France shows its muscles on one side, Germany on the other, we will come out as losers. I really think it’s a very strong message of collective awakening in Europe.“
An interview conducted by Jérôme Chapuis, edited by Diane Warin.
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