During the Council of Ministers, the President of the Republic considered that we “do not fight the far right with the words of the 90s”.
It is a cropping that embarrasses the majority and causes satisfaction at the National Rally. Tuesday, May 30, during the Council of Ministers, Emmanuel Macron affirmed that the far right should not be fought by “moral arguments” . “We do not fight the far right with the words of the 90s”, continued the Head of State. Words addressed to Elisabeth Borne, a few days after the sentence of the Prime Minister on Radio J, who considered that the National Rally was “Pétain’s heir”.
The embarrassment was therefore palpable Tuesday afternoon among the majority executives. Should we recall the origins of the RN like the Prime Minister or are these hackneyed arguments as the president says? The patroness of Renaissance deputies, Aurore Bergé, tried “at the same time”. “That there is a historical filiation, I do not believe that the President of the Republic disputes itassures the deputy of Yvelines. The question is how, concretely, on our territories, we are there, effective in demonstrating that our policy can ensure that we do not need to resort tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to far right.”
But behind this very diplomatic “at the same time”, a cleavage is reborn within the majority, symptomatic of a majority in strategic disagreement which tends to put on the same plane La France insoumise and National Rally.
“He may be in his role as president to want to calm things down. But I don’t think we should calm things down with the National Rally.”
Erwan Balanant, MoDem MP for Finistèreat franceinfo
On the left wing, we applaud the words of Elisabeth Borne. MoDem deputy Erwan Balanant even wonders about the exit of Emmanuel Macron. But others clearly assume their support for the tenant of the Élysée, like the deputy for Eure-et-Loir Guillaume Kasbarian. “People today do not expect historical reminders, but call for a battle of ideas, an ideological battle and a battle over concrete proposalssays MP Renaissance. And concretely, they expect to be told how the RN’s proposals are not good and how ours are better.
The RN savors, the left counts the points
At the National Rally, we are delighted with the exit of the President of the Republic. First, because anything that can weaken Elisabeth Borne is good for Marine Le Pen’s troops. Then because some see it as a form of culmination of the strategy of demonization. “I am delighted to see that Emmanuel Macron has finally understood that we have to talk about real ideas”welcomes the RN deputy for Eure Kévin Mauvieux.“Let everyone get to work for the French and put an end to the anti-RN task forces which, instead of working for the French, work for politics”he continues.
Do not count on the left to come to the aid of Elisabeth Borne. The leader of the rebellious, Manuel Bompard, today dismisses the President and his Prime Minister back to back.
“Emmanuel Macron could have reframed Ms. Borne the day she said she considered La France insoumise, la Nupes who are the Republican opposition, were more dangerous than the RN.”
Manuel Bompard, leader of the Insoumisat franceinfo
“For the rest, I am fighting the National Rallyadds the LFI deputy for Bouches-du-Rhône. It seeks to present itself permanently as the political party which defends the interests of the working classes, when in reality it does the opposite. Whenever we have made proposals for increasing the minimum wage, for freezing rents, for restoring the solidarity tax on wealth, RN deputies have voted against. Concrete examples more than historical examples in the words of Manuel Bompard, proof that on the left too we are looking for the right recipe to finally thwart the National Rally.