Emmanuel Macron “takes the risk of censorship” from the federal government if he votes for the free commerce settlement, warns Bruno Retailleau | EUROtoday

The president of the Les Républicains (LR) celebration, Bruno Retailleau, launched a warning to Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday January 7, affirming that if he “voted for” the free commerce settlement between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur, it could take “risk of government censorship” by Sébastien Lecornu.

This warning is added to a sequence of different feedback from political figures, from La France insoumise to the National Rally, who urge the President of the Republic to not settle for this week this commerce settlement with the Latin American bloc denounced, specifically, by French farmers.

“What I solemnly say is that if the President of the Republic votes for Mercosur, after all his declarations, he takes the risk of censorship”stated the previous Minister of the Interior throughout a press convention the place he introduced his financial program.

The boss of LR has already refused to name on the fifty deputies of his celebration, with whom he maintains tense relations, to vote for censure of the federal government, guaranteeing that he “we must first see what the President of the Republic will vote for”.

Emmanuel Macron welcomed the postponement of the signing of the settlement in December, asking that the “advanced” demanded by France come to fruition in order that “the text changes its nature”. For France, “the account is not there”the federal government stated once more on Wednesday morning, simply earlier than a gathering of the agriculture ministers of the Twenty-Seven.

“France must refuse the agreement”

The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, tried on Tuesday a gesture to defuse tensions, by proposing a budgetary extension within the subsequent widespread agricultural coverage (the CAP 2028-2034) of the EU, by releasing 45 billion euros prematurely from 2028. Emmanuel Macron instantly “greeted” on X this announcement from Brussels, seeing “the result” of the “determined mobilization” of France and its personal “constant commitment” for farmers.

But he attracted a sequence of criticisms on the identical community. “Macron shakes the rattle of CAP aid to make people swallow the Mercosur pill. Sorry Mr. Macron, but it won’t happen”mocked the left-wing deputy, former LFI, François Ruffin on Wednesday.

The coordinator of LFI, Manuel Bompard, additionally accused the manager of wanting “to make it seem like a victory to maintain the same level of CAP aid in an attempt to push through the free trade agreement with Mercosur”. “No way”, “France must refuse the agreement”stated the MP, recalling a proposed decision from the National Assembly to this impact.

The president of the RN, Jordan Bardella, for his half stated he suspected Emmanuel Macron of “prepare minds for a real betrayal of our farmers, justified by illusory “guarantees” and guarantees with no future”.