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European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton, President of the Renew group and candidate for the European elections, Valérie Hayer, and Emmanuel Macron, before a meeting of the group preceding the European Conference on Defense and Security at EU headquarters, in Brussels, April 17, 2024.

The contours of the presidential intervention are starting to take form. Thursday April 25, Emmanuel Macron will tackle the French as a part of a significant speech on Europe. The Elysée groups had as soon as thought-about that it might be held on an industrial website, just like the gigafactory of batteries for electrical vehicles in Dunkirk (North), so as to embody “the return of industries to Europe, under the leadership of France”. It will lastly be within the giant auditorium of the Sorbonne that the Head of State will converse, six and a half years after having already introduced his mission for Europe, on September 26, 2017.

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By referring to one in every of his personal speeches – described as“historical” by Elysee strategists – the presidential camp thus hopes to rekindle amongst its voters the keenness of the primary months of Mr. Macron's presidency and spotlight his European achievements. “We are entering this campaign with an exceptional record, and that is not yet in everyone’s minds, agrees the Minister Delegate for Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot. The best way to strike people's minds is to return to the same place, and therefore to the Sorbonne. »

Mr. Macron's intervention should therefore be largely devoted to European commitments “held” by the presidential majority for six years, from the introduction of the carbon tax on the borders of the European Union to the institution of a European minimal wage, together with the restoration plan throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Secondly, the Head of State will reveal the primary options of his mission for the subsequent 5 years, which can function the premise for this system for the European elections on June 9. The topics of protection, vitality sovereignty and a significant continent-wide funding plan ought to be developed there.

” Breath of fresh air “

Rue du Rocher in Paris, the place the marketing campaign headquarters of the top of the presidential camp listing, Valérie Hayer, is situated, Mr. Macron's intervention is predicted as a ” breath of fresh air “. For a number of weeks, the troops have taken turns repeating that “the French are not there yet” or “the campaign has not really started”. However, the polls for the week of April 15, bringing down Mme Hayer for the primary time at 16% voting intentions, had been interpreted as ” a signal “.

In the candidate's crew, we’re frightened a couple of marketing campaign “crushed by national debates”, which depart no house to deal with the theme of Europe, the final topic able to uniting Mr. Macron's voters, fragmented after a really right-wing begin to his second time period. Added to that is the local weather ” anxiety inducing “ powered by the “governmental cacophony” about public funds.

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