Renew MEP Bernard Guetta says he “regrets” that the majority is still not in the campaign

While the next European elections will take place in June 2024, the majority is slow to go on the campaign trail. “I regret”indicated Bernard Guetta, MEP of the Renew group, to which the Renaissance or Modem MEPs belong, in the “4 Vérités” on France 2, Friday January 5. “We should have already been in the campaign”estimated Bernard Guetta, before adding: “Now we must begin to be in the campaign as quickly as possible.”

“We collectively thought that it was enough to enter the campaign in the spring, because two months of campaigning is enough”explained MEP Renew, specifying: “I didn’t think so for my part, but I was very much in the minority.” “In history, often, two months of campaigning is enough. But given the international situation”it was necessary to leave for the campaign earlier, he explained.

The RN at the top of the polls

For the moment, the National Rally (RN) is leading the polls for these European elections. In this context, can the majority beat the RN next June? “If we get started quickly, yes, of course, because we have the best arguments”, said Bernard Guetta. The MEP also estimated that Jordan Bardella, head of the RN list for the European elections, “completely wrong” by presenting these elections as mid-term elections. “It’s about deciding the nature of our collective response to the challenges that threaten us on the international scene”he argued, citing the conflict in the Middle East, the war in Ukraine and “the withdrawal of the United States from Europe”.