Clément Beaune, Minister Delegate for Europe, was the guest of “8:30 am franceinfo”, Thursday June 16. He answered questions from Sahlia Brakhlia and Marc Fauvelle.
Emmanuel Macron in kyiv: “It’s obviously a message of support”
“Is it that once, in this campaign and at Mr. Corbière, can we have a little height of view and dignity?”, was annoyed the Minister Delegate in charge of Europe, in the face of criticism from the deputy La France insoumise about Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Ukraine. According to Alexis Corbière, the fact that Emmanuel Macron “choose that time”that is to say a few days before the second round of the legislative elections, to travel to the country, “interrogates”.“It’s a trip that takes place three days before a decisive election”points to the deputy LFI.
“Our support for Ukraine is very clear, it is massive, it is European”also reaffirmed Clément Beaune. “We organized, moreover, six sets of sanctions against Russia and two billion military support for Ukraine at European level during the French presidency of the European Union”he pointed out.
Legislative: “When the far right has an opponent, I vote for the opponent”, says Clément Beaune
“When the extreme right has an opponent, I vote for the opponent of the extreme right”, said the Minister Delegate for Europe. If he himself is a Macronist candidate for legislative, his position differs from that of the majority presidential election, summed up by the Prime Minister, Élisabeth Borne. Our position is: no vote for the National Front. Then, when we have Nupes candidates [Nouvelle union populaire, écologique et sociale]very clearly, if we are dealing with a candidate who does not respect republican values, who insults our police officers, who asks to no longer support Ukraine, who wants to leave Europe, we are not calling for a vote for him”declared the head of government during a campaign trip on Monday.
“I know what it means, the far right, I never put an equal sign between the far right and any other party”, insisted Clément Beaune. “I will never give in on this”affirmed the one who “engaged in civic life on April 21, 2002”when for the first time, a far-right candidate, Jean-Marie Le Pen, stood qualified for the second round of the presidential.