Emmanuel Macron “takes note” of the tip of the “dictatorship” and ulcerates the left | EUROtoday

Emmanuel Macron has “taken note”, Saturday December 3, from the tip of the “Maduro dictatorship”whose “Venezuelan people” can solely, in keeping with him, “to rejoice”. A place certified as ” shame “ by the left who accuse the French president of complacency in the direction of the United States.

“The Venezuelan people are today free of the dictatorship of Nicolas Maduro and can only rejoice about it. By confiscating power and trampling on fundamental freedoms, Nicolas Maduro has seriously undermined the dignity of his own people.wrote the head of state on X, without mentioning in his message the American attacks which resulted in the capture of the Venezuelan president.

Mr. Macron’s entourage announced shortly afterward that he had been taken “act of the American operation”. “A dictator has been deposed. International law must now be respected”the identical supply argued.

But, for Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the chief of La France insoumise (LFI), “Macron’s position is not the voice of France. He shames us. He abandons international law ». “Dark day for our country”he wrote once more on X, supported by LFI deputy Manuel Bompard, nationwide coordinator of the occasion, who was sorry to see “France reduced to congratulating Trump’s coups”.

Same indignation from the Socialist Party (PS). According to his first secretary, Olivier Faure, “France is not a vassal state of the USA and our president cannot behave like a simple spokesperson for the White House”. “Mr. Macron is trampling on our entire diplomatic history this evening. A shame »added the boss of the PS senators, Patrick Kanner. A “ultimate shame” even for the nationwide secretary of the Communist Party, Fabien Roussel, for whom France is “lowered to the rank of 51^e State of the USA ».

Balancing exercise

Late Saturday afternoon, more than a thousand people, some waving Venezuelan flags, gathered at Place de la République in Paris to protest against the attack, at the call in particular of LFI and the Communist Party, reported Agence France-Presse (AFP). Among them, Mr. Mélenchon, who said that it was necessary “without arguing, demand the release and immediate return of Nicolas Maduro free to Venezuela”.

The government was extra offensive on Saturday afternoon by the voice of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jean-Noël Barrot, who affirmed that the American operation « counterv[enai]t » to worldwide legislation. “France recalls that no lasting political solution can be imposed from the outside and that sovereign peoples alone decide their future”he wrote once more on the social community

Mr. Macron most popular to emphasise the “coming transition” Who “must be peaceful, democratic and respectful of the will of the Venezuelan people”. In this sense, he pleads for this to be ensured “as soon as possible” by Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, opposition candidate for the 2024 presidential election. While Donald Trump, for his half, declared that the United States “would lead” Venezuela till a political transition “safe” can happen.

“What is important now is that the Venezuelan people speak as quickly as possible”additional helps Mr. Macron’s entourage, who specifies that the latter spoke on Saturday with Donald Trump, Argentine President Javier Milei and Brazilian President Lula.

Like the manager, different political leaders needed to carry out a balancing act on Saturday, divided between the need to denounce the American assault, with out showing to help Nicolas Maduro. “Not a tear for the plutocratic dictator Maduro, but we must be aware that we are entering a world without international law where the law of the strongest prevails”declared Social Democratic MEP Raphaël Glucksmann.

In the identical vein, Gabriel Attal, chief of the Macronist deputies, affirmed that he “don’t regret[ait] not “ the departure of this “dictator”. He stated he noticed within the American operation “an additional sign that the world is now ruled by force” and inspired Europeans to adapt in order to not be confined to the function of “powerless spectators”.

The head of the National Rally (RN), Marine Le Pen, judged that there was “a thousand reasons to condemn Nicolas Maduro’s regime: communist, oligarchic and authoritarian” however that “the sovereignty of States does not[était] never negotiable ». “To renounce this principle today for Venezuela, for any State, would be to accept our own servitude tomorrow”she added.

The president of the Les Républicains (LR) occasion, Bruno Retailleau, appeared extra conciliatory with Donald Trump, believing that drug trafficking required “a firm response” even when Venezuelan sovereignty “abide[ait] sacred ».