“I don’t care,” says former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe

“I am here to talk about Europe. What interests me is to talk about the substance and not the poll projections,” underlines the former head of government, guest of France Bleu Pays Basque.

The RN is still well ahead in the polls for the European elections? “I do not care”reacts former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, guest of France Bleu Pays Basque on Wednesday May 22. “I’m not here to comment on the polls. That’s not my problem”continues the mayor of Le Havre and president of the Horizons party. “I’m here to talk about Europe. What interests me is to talk about the substance and not the poll projections.”

Édouard Philippe regrets that we “don’t often talk about Europe”. He recognizes, however, that there is “many French men and women who wish to use the national vote to express either opposition, or an opinion, or frustration, or anger, or criticism against the government or the president. I agree, it was the case in all European elections I don’t see why this is not the case today. analyzes Édouard Philippe. But if we don’t take the issues of this European election seriously, then we’re missing out on something and it’s not a bad word to take these issues seriously.” He tackles spectacle politics: “Politics is not simply a contest of who has the best head.”

According to him, the success of the RN endangers Europe. “For the first time, it is possible that a very significant part of the European Parliament will be occupied by deputies who, deep down, want to call into question the European idea, want to call into question European construction,” he pleads. The National Rally candidates “have varied a lot on European issues. What I fear is that within the European Parliament, there is a critical mass of parliamentarians, not simply French, who want to destroy the idea of construction from the inside, either by slowing it down or making it impossible. And that would be very dangerous.he warns.

“Today, Europe as a whole, not just France, is experiencing a negative competitiveness shock because of the United States and because of China. If we do nothing, then we are left behind on European competition, then that means that we will become weaker, then that means that we will become less prosperous And that worries me.concludes the former Prime Minister.