PARIS, June 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron today urged rival parties on both sides of the political centre to join him in forging a democratic alliance against Marine Le...
French President Emmanuel Macron today urged rival parties on both sides of the political centre to join him in forging a democratic alliance against Marine Le Pen ’s far-right National Rally in a snap parliamentary election. — Reuters picPARIS, June 12 — French President Emmanuel Macron today urged rival parties on both sides of the political centre to join him in forging a democratic alliance against Marine Le Pen ’s far-right National Rally in a snap parliamentary election.
If RN were to win a parliamentary majority, Macron would remain president for three more years and direct defence and foreign policy but would lose control over the domestic agenda, including economic policy, security, immigration and finances.He called on “many of our compatriots and political leaders who do not recognize themselves in the extremist fever” to “build a new project... a coalition to govern, a coalition to act in the service of the French and for the republic”.
Republicans party chief Eric Ciotti, who has appealed for an electoral alliance between his party’s candidates and the RN, had made “a deal with the devil,” Macron said.The anti-immigration, Eurosceptic RN is projected to emerge as the strongest force after the election but may fall short of an absolute majority, a poll this week showed.
”He no longer has his place at the helm of the party,” Republicans Senator Agnes Evren told reporters as she arrived for the crisis meeting. “We need to put him in a place where he can no longer harm his party.”Inside his own camp, Macron’s election call has been met with gloom among the Renaissance rank-and-file, with little appetite for a bruising campaign.
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