French President Emmanuel Macron has called for moderate politicians from the left and the right to regroup to defeat the far-right in upcoming legislative elections. Macron, a pro-business centris…
French President Emmanuel Macron answers questions after delivering a speech, Wednesday, June 12, 2024 in Paris. French President Emmanuel Macron called for moderate politicians from the left and the right to regroup to defeat the far-right in general elections.
Unlike in his recent national addresses in which Macron focused on Russia’s war in Ukraine and ways Europe should forge a common defense policy, independent of the United States, and shore up trade protections against China, the French president stuck to his country’s internal issues favored by the surging right, including curbing immigration, fighting crime and
While he seemed to project the kind of enthusiasm that helped bring him to the presidency in 2017, analysts say French voters are more pessimistic about their future, and see Macron as increasingly out of touch with real life and pocketbook problems. “The question is who will govern the country tomorrow?” he asked. “The far right and a few associates, or the democratic, progressive bloc? That’s the fundamental question.”Potential alliances and France’s two-round voting system in national elections make the outcome of the vote highly uncertain. Macron was adamant in his faith in the French voters’ intent to refuse to choose the extremes of both sides of the political spectrum.
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