The prospect of the National Rally coming to power in France does not seem to enchant part of France’s diplomatic corps. A collective of 170 diplomats and former diplomats published an article in the newspaper this Sunday, June 23 The world presenting their concerns very clearly. The exercise is rare: diplomats are subject to a duty of reserve. They therefore intervene anonymously, specifying all the same that they are “ of all republican sensibilities “.
2 mins
“ Weakening », this is the key word of this forum against a victory of the extreme right in the next legislative published in daily life The world. France has chosen Europe and the Ukrainian people over Russia. However, underlines the text, nationalism “ undoes alliances and deconstructs societies », citing Hungary, the United States of Donald Trump, the Brazil of Jaïr Bolsonaro.
The voice of France, “ necessary, in the service of peace »
Today, the voice of Franceinsist these diplomats and former diplomats from the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, is “ more powerful than our fellow citizens sometimes perceive “, and she is “ necessary, in Europe and in the world, in the service of peace, freedom, our security “. Gold, ” a victory for the extreme right » they write very clearly, would be read as “ our adversaries ” as “ a French weakening » and an invitation to interference in the politics of France, to aggressiveness against Europe – including military, to a “ economic vassalization ” from the continent.
Great concern
In short, a total loss of sovereignty for the France due, paradoxically, to nationalists. The text ends with the confidence of these diplomats in a France which will, during the legislative elections, “ the choice of peace, independence and freedom “. However, the fact that officials from the Quai-d’Orsay are speaking out, even anonymously, while they are subject to a duty of confidentiality, shows how great their concern is.
Read alsoLegislative elections in France: Emmanuel Macron promises “change” in a letter to the French