Emmanuel Macron classifies LFI as “the extreme left” and denounces positions on anti-Semitism which “contravene the fundamental principles of the Republic” | EUROtoday

Emmanuel Macron declared that La France insoumise (LFI) is a motion of“extreme left”inside which emerge “anti-Semitic expressions” Who “must be fought”in an interview given on Friday midday to Radio J and broadcast on Sunday February 15.

“I think there is not much mystery in saying that they are on the extreme left”affirmed the pinnacle of state. A classification determined lately by the Ministry of the Interior, and which LFI contests. “I note that in the positions they take, in particular on anti-Semitism, they contravene the fundamental principles of the Republic”declared Emmanuel Macron.

“There are clearly anti-Semitic expressions that are emerging, which must be combatted, wherever they come from”added the Head of State, including that inside the National Rally, there are additionally parliamentarians, who, “in the same way, have expressions, defend ideas” opposite to republican rules.

Friday, on the event of his tribute to Ilan Halimi, a younger Jew kidnapped and tortured to loss of life in 2006, Emmanuel Macron denounced “the anti-Semitic hydra” who interferes “in every gap” of society and advocated a “mandatory ineligibility penalty” for the responsible elected officers “anti-Semitic, racist and discriminatory acts and remarks”. “The government will present such a text”he stated on Radio J, the president saying he was assured that this regulation could possibly be handed in Parliament and utilized earlier than 2027.

“We must pay close attention to the rule of law”

Then questioned about Rima Hassan, LFI MEP who was the topic of a criticism from the Parisian this week after a message on X focusing on one in every of its journalists, Emmanuel Macron confused that there was “criminal circulars which were issued by the Minister of Justice (…) to combat all forms of anti-Semitism and all anti-Semitic remarks. And therefore, they will be applied”.

To the journalist asking him if the Al-Jazeera information channel, primarily based in Qatar, is anti-Semitic, Emmanuel Macron replied that he didn’t need to make “stigma”. Before including: “There is very clearly content that is relayed, online or by channels, (…) which, in fact, under the guise of covering international news, fuels and exacerbates hatred of Jews and creates a divide in our society. »

Emmanuel Macron also called for “very careful about the rule of law” and to “do not throw our Constitution into the air”throughout this interview throughout which he was invited to react to latest remarks by Bruno Retailleau on supposed “deviations from the rule of law”.

Emmanuel Macron stated he didn’t hearken to the phrases of candidate LR for 2027, however confused that present issues will be addressed “by respecting the counter-powers, and that we must even do it”. To resolve France’s challenges, “we must not (…) trash our Constitution or give the French the feeling that their problems would come from there”he added. “We sometimes have to change the rules, therefore the rule of law, but we must be very careful with the rule of law because it guarantees us the possibility of living free and together”he stated on this interview recorded on the Elysée. The president of LR introduced his candidacy for the presidential election on Thursday.