Recognition of Palestine, war in Ukraine, rise of the far right… François-Xavier Bellamy’s “8h30 franceinfo”

François-Xavier Bellamy, head of the Republican list in the European elections, was the guest of “8h30 franceinfo”, Wednesday May 29, 2024. Recognition of Palestine, war in Ukraine, rise of the far right… He responded to the questions from Salhia Brakhlia and Jérôme Chapuis.

Recognizing the Palestinian State “today” would be “proving Hamas right”

As three new European states recognized Palestinian statehood and French President Emmanuel Macron said he was ready to do so “at a useful moment but not under the influence of emotion”François-Xavier Bellamy believes that“one day we will need a two-state solution”to get “the peace”but what to recognize the Palestinian state “Today”it would be “give credit” to Hamas.

“There will never be a European army and there must not be one”

Traveling to Münster in Germany on Tuesday May 28, the President of the French Republic affirmed that, faced with the war in Ukraine, “we must think in Franco-German terms about our defense.” However, the head of the list in the European elections for the Les Républicains party François-Xavier Bellamy affirms that he “There will never be a European army” and that’“there must not be one because the army is the most regal expression of what a democracy is. And there is not a democracy in Europe. There is no no longer a single model of army.”

A coalition between the right and the majority “will never happen in our lifetime”

A week before the European elections and while the National Rally is at the top of the polls, François-Xavier Bellamy affirms it: a coalition between the right and the government “will never happen in life”. And he adds: “Committing to the right is not the choice of comfort. Our elected officials lead the fight against Macronism every day.”

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