Several representatives of left-wing parties and European leaders have welcomed the results of the legislative elections in France on July 7, 2024. The New Popular Front (NVP), the alliance of left-wing parties, came out on top, ahead of the presidential camp and the far right.
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It is on X (formerly Twitter), that Donald TuskPrime Minister of Poland, spoke after the second round of elections legislative elections which took place in France. He expressed his satisfaction after the publication of the first estimates which moved the National Rally away from the absolute or relative majority hoped for by the party which came in third place.
” In Paris, enthusiasm, in Moscow, disappointment, in kyiv, relief. Enough to be happy in Warsaw ” he said on the social network.
Earlier this month, Donald Tusk warned of a ” great danger ” for France and Europe after the victory of the extreme right in the first round of the French elections. The former head of the European Council had spoken of a ” dangerous trend ” and his fear that ” France could soon become the sick man of Europe, condemned to a confrontation between radical forces. »
” The worst is avoided »
The Spanish Prime Minister has the same opinion. Pedro Sanchez. He draws a parallel between the British and French legislative elections. This week, two of Europe’s largest countries have chosen the same path that Spain did a year ago: the rejection of the extreme right and a decisive commitment to a social left that addresses citizens’ problems with serious and courageous policies. “, did he declare.
In Germany, relief is being expressed. A leader of the German Chancellor’s Social Democratic Party Olaf Scholz judged on Sunday that ” the worst ” had been ” avoid “with the score lower than the predictions of the extreme right in the French elections, from which Emmanuel Macron emerges in his eyes” politically weakened “.
” The worst has been avoided, the RN (National Rally) cannot form a government majority “After the legislative elections,” Nils Schmid, head of foreign policy issues for the SPD parliamentary group in the House of Representatives, told the Funke press group.
In Greece, the leader of the Greek left-wing party Syriza Stefanos Kasselakis rejoiced on Facebook: “ Today, the French people have shown the way “, does he have. “ He stood up to the monster of the far right and discredited neoliberalism […]Today, the French people cry out that hope and change are not a utopia, but a reality. Let us listen to them. » Nikos Androulakis, the president of the Greek socialist movement, Pasok: « A great victory for France and Europe. A great victory for democracy. […] The French people built a wall against the far right, racism and intolerance and defended the timeless principles of the French Republic: Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. “.
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