In a press launch revealed this Sunday night, an hour after the primary outcomes of the European elections, the LR mayor of Nîmes Jean-Paul Fournier holds Emmanuel Macron and Gabriel primarily accountable “of the rise of extremes“.
He specifies specifically: “By not tackling France’s ills by way of safety, buying energy or immigration, the manager has utterly reduce itself off from the French. Right this moment, the couple who rule France are purely and easily discredited. He additionally turned the fundamental driving drive behind the rise of extremes and this outcome which implies that France can be represented in Strasbourg by a majority of deputies who don’t improve the political debate.”
The press launch in its entirety
“The results of the elections of the 81 French representatives to the European Parliament this Sunday June 9 isn’t a shock: vital abstention, unprecedented defeat of a majority in workplace, surge in nationwide unity, efficiency of the socialists and disappointing rating for the republican proper. The presidential camp’s rating has by no means fallen so low in an election of this sort, although the marketing campaign was led immediately by the President of the Republic and his Prime Minister.
To not deal with France’s ills by way of safety, buying energy or immigration, the manager has utterly reduce itself off from the French. Right this moment, the couple who rule France are purely and easily discredited. It has additionally change into the principle engine of the rise of the extremes and of this outcome which implies that France can be represented in Strasbourg by a majority of deputies who don’t improve the political debate.
As for the Republican proper, it’s removed from the revival mandatory to ensure the way forward for the Nation. The nationwide LR authorities should get their act collectively to arrange for the municipal elections of 2026 and take into account enjoying a job in 2027, in any other case France will inevitably fall into the camp of the extremes.”