National Rally MEP Thierry Mariani was the guest of “8:30 a.m. franceinfo”, Tuesday, February 21, 2023.
Thierry Mariani, MEP for the National Rally, was the guest of 8:30 a.m. franceinfo, Tuesday February 21, 2023. Emmanuel Macron and pension reform, war in Ukraine … He answered questions from Neila Latrous and Lorrain Sénéchal.
Emmanuel Macron at Rungis: “A communication exercise”
MEP RN qualifies Emmanuel Macron’s trip to Rungis “exercise com“.”Once we have paid tribute to this France which gets up early, we must put the actions in line with the words“, believes Thierry Mariani. Emmanuel Macron arrived at 5 a.m. on Tuesday morning, at Rungis. During this visit, the President of the Republic said about the pension reform to get over it “in the common sense of the French“maintaining the fact that it is necessary, according to him, “work a little longer“.
Emmanuel Macron tries to “rectify his mistakes”
While the Head of State said he wanted to take into account “differences”from long careers to difficult jobs, for Thierry Mariani, there is a contradiction in Emmanuel Macron’s speech: “Remind me who, when he came to power, removed four hardship criteria. Isn’t he a certain Macron?”, he quips. To hear it, “Macron’s first term spent his time making mistakes”. Mistakes that try to “rectify Macron’s second term”. The MEP defends “retirement at 60 for those who started working earlier”.
Fuel: a gesture from the oil groups “would be logical”
“It would still be logical for companies to make a move“, declared Thierry Mariani while the President of the Republic put a blow of pressure Tuesday morning to the oil companies so that they make a new rebate on the price of fuel. “There is still some unease when we see the profits of certain companies during this period of crisis“, he estimated, denouncing the “cumbersome formalities“to obtain the fuel check of 100 euros intended for the most modest motorists. He rather advocates”the lowering of taxes“as Marine Le Pen proposed during her presidential campaign.
Ukraine: “This war is not ours”
“It is in our interest to have good relations with Russia. This war is not ours“, estimated Thierry Mariani. Emmanuel Macron said he wanted”the defeat” from Russia, but “without crushing it“. Volodymyr Zelensky criticized the position of French president, believing that he was losing “his time with Putin“Emmanuel Macron, “at least keep this dialogue going” with the Russian President, “unlike others. He’s right.” According to Thierry Mariani, “it is better to discuss with Vladimir Putin, who is after all a head of state who has experience”. A change of policy in Moscow could be more dangerous, he believes, denouncing “the complete escalation” Western countries that have decided to arm Ukraine.
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