France reaffirms its opposition to the EU-Mercosur settlement “as it stands” | EUROtoday

Gone are the times when Valérie Hayer affirmed at first of the marketing campaign that Raphaël Glucksmann “should be with [eux] »believing that she was voting in Parliament “90% the same way” than the socialist MEP. While the gap in the polls seems to be narrowing between the two heads of the list, to the benefit of the socialist, the presidential camp is now stepping up its criticism against Mr. Glucksmann.

For the federal government spokesperson, Prisca Thevenot, the top of the socialist listing “is a traitor in his own European political family” as a result of, in line with her, “he never votes the same thing”. “His own political family cannot count on him, how can his country count on him? »she asked on Sud Radio.

M^me Thevenot also mocked the disunity on the left, two years after the agreement reached for the legislative elections within the New Ecological and Social Popular Union (Nupes). “At the European level, they explain to us that they are against each other, and at the national level, they form big coalitions to be together”she mocked, believing that“we no longer know where they are”.

During this interview, the federal government spokesperson additionally focused Marine Le Pen, concerning the potential debate with the President of the Republic. The president of the National Rally (RN) group within the Assembly expressed her want that this face-to-face assembly be organized somewhat after the European vote. “At the RN, they spend their time calling themselves patriots but in reality they are desertersattacked M^me Thevenot. Marine Le Pen is afraid of debating, as Jordan Bardella was afraid of debating, he chose the platforms, the candidates with whom he wanted to debate. »

For the Hauts-de-Seine MP, far-right elected officials “must come before the French to explain what they did for five years in Parliament. They did nothing, they did not defend the French, they put them in danger”evoking their criticisms in opposition to the Covid-19 vaccination and the restoration plan initiated by the European Union.