Among French people decided to vote, almost three-quarters are now sure of their choice. One month before the European elections, voters are making up their minds, and for the lists lagging behind in voting intentions, the urgency is there. Like the communists, still far from their objective of crossing the 5% mark, which allows them to have MEPs. So, their head of the list Léon Deffontaines is working hard by insisting in particular on the question of the industrial future of France.
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With our special correspondent in eastern France, Aurélien Devernoix
A few flowers in front of a building with stubbornly closed gates and in pouring rain. There is indeed an atmosphere of mourning in front of the Fessenheim nuclear power plant, which has been shut down for four years now. An industrial capitulation of which Léon Deffontaines names the culprits: “ It’s François Hollande first of all, then Emmanuel Macron, to please Europe Ecology – the Greens. »
Make another political choice
A disastrous error, according to the head of the communist European list, likely to be repeated if another political choice is not made. In a room in Belfort, trade unionists from the region approve, as does a surprise guest: the former socialist minister for productive recovery, Arnaud Montebourg: “ The European Union has made decisions to phase out thermal vehicles in 2035. Our entire automobile industry is slowly but surely falling. So Europe is strategically incapable of making the right decisions. »
We still need to be heard
But we still need to be heard. Not easy according to the boss of the PC, Fabien Roussel: “ Gaza, Ukraine, sending troops… They are world champions on these subjects. But what the French would like us to talk about is their pay slip, their life“. And their jobs. In total, 10,000 would be threatened for the automotive sector alone in the region. A strong argument, according to the communists, to bring back into their fold workers who have been estranged for a long time.
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