For Emmanuel Macron, France should battle “at the same time against geopolitical threats” and “terrorists” | EUROtoday

Emmanuel Macron stated on Tuesday March 11 that France was to battle ” at the same time “ in opposition to “Geopolitical threats” and in opposition to “Threats to its soil projected by terrorists”rejecting the accusations of sure opponents who imagine that it exaggerates the menace represented by Russia.

“I heard, in the debates in recent days, people who, in a way, called into question the geopolitical threat. The President of the Republic would invent the Russian threat “stated the pinnacle of state when launching the long run headquarters of the Directorate General for Internal Security in Saint-Ouen (Seine-Saint-Denis). “These people did not follow the news, obviously”he tackled.

While Emmanuel Macron has, in his personal phrases, “Sunned the tocsin” in current weeks as to the “Russian threat”who in line with him “Touch us” Already, the pinnacle of the nationwide rally, Marine Le Pen, estimated, in an interview every day Le Figaro,, Friday March 7, that “The first threats to France” was not Moscow however “Islamist fundamentalism”. “If, after three years, Russia is struggling to move forward in Ukraine, there is little chance that it aims to come to Paris”she stated.

In response to the phrases of the Head of State, M^me Le Pen estimated that Emmanuel Macron “Played with fears” Regarding worldwide tensions. “Everyone saw that he was playing with fears (…). There is not a Frenchman who did not understand that Emmanuel Macron, with a very martial tone, almost explains to us that we must transform the Kleenex factories into arms plants because war [en Europe] is for tomorrow “she stated throughout a press convention after a go to to the EPR in Flamanville, denouncing “A posture game” with the French president.

“Defending the unwavering values ​​of the Republic”

The President of the Republic had quipped, earlier on Tuesday, with out naming Marine Le Pen, on those that say that “The real threat is terrorism”or have “Other obsessions”. “We have not waited to fight against the terrorist threat”he had hammered, after having defended his file for a very long time. According to him, “A big nation, she does not have to choose, she has to answer”. “And she does not have to decide to fight against the geopolitical threats which are imposed on her or against threats to her soil projected by the terrorists. She has to do both at the same time. This is what we do “he insisted.

“At a time when the balance of the world is reconfigured, where what we thought acquired is moving away, and where what seemed excluded comes closer, we must indeed defend these unwavering values ​​of our Republic”continued Emmanuel Macron. “Because we don’t want to undergo. We want to choose the fate that is ours ”he pleaded, invoking a ” right “ has “Quiet life”.

Earlier within the day, the pinnacle of state went to Strasbourg for a tribute ceremony to the victims of terrorism, just a few weeks after the knife assault on February 22 in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin). “Behind bombs, bullets and tears, each time hatred, hatred of our culture, knowledge, our model of democracy. But they did not understand one thing, it is that the more they hate us, the more they grow up. The more they increase our courage tenfold ”stated Emmanuel Macron.