Emmanuel Macron’s speech: the reactions of the candidates for the presidential election

The conflict in Ukraine has suddenly entered the campaign of candidates for the presidential election. Wednesday March 2, the environmental candidate Yannick Jadot welcomed the speech by French President Emmanuel Macron, which focused on the war in Ukraine. He also called for national and European unity. On the other hand, for Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, the initiatives of Emmanuel Macron are not enough. It is necessary, according to him, to go further in the discussions with Vladimir Putin.

For his part, the communist Fabien Roussel says he is worried about a conflict that could get bogged down. Socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo wants the presidential election not to be overshadowed by this conflict. For the first time in the history of the Vth Republic, a war at the gates of Europe comes to crash into the presidential election.