The National Rally did not hold back from poking Emmanuel Macron, just before his speech at La Sorbonne, this Thursday, April 25.
Seven years after his first election, Emmanuel Macron is back at La Sorbonne for a new speech. The Head of State will speak this Thursday from 11 a.m. at the prestigious Parisian university. And if the president’s entourage certifies that this speech in no way signifies his entry into the campaign for the European elections, his words could well have an impact on the next European agenda. All the more so because of the delicate campaign led by the majority, whose list is led by Valérie Hayer for the European election on June 9.
“For us, it’s pretty good that he’s going.”
With such a speech, Emmanuel Macron will try to outline future prospects. A choice, and a presence in the campaign for Europeans which did not fail to provoke a reaction from the National Rally, a bit mocking against the President of the Republic and the Renaissance camp. If the Lepéniste party intends to make this election an “anti-Macron referendum”, it appears relatively satisfied with this speech from La Sorbonne: “For us, it’s rather good that he is going. When you appoint a opponent, it’s easier to campaign when he shows himself If he stays out, you’re hitting a bit of a void” quips Gaëtan Dussausaye, spokesperson for the RN and close to Jordan Bardella, president of the party and head. list for Europeans.
“The alert level has been reached”
Precisely, Jordan Bardella, as since the start of this campaign, is leading the polls. With less than two months before the 2024 European elections, nothing is yet decided. But in the polls, the gap between the National Rally list, led by Jordan Bardella, and that of Renaissance, with Valérie Hayer as leader, is glaring. In the latest update of Ifop-Fiducial survey carried out for Le FigaroLCI and Sud Radiothe Macronist camp, if it is nibbling for the first time and for a long time some ground, rising to 17.5% of voting intentions, remains far behind the RN and its 31%.
This is also why Emmanuel Macron decided to take matters into his own hands with this Thursday’s speech, to try to save the furniture in the face of an RN which seems launched towards a flawless victory next June. “The level of concern is rising very strongly, the alert level has been reached. The president must want to regain control as in 2019” worries a Renaissance MP in the columns of 20Minutes.
The RN brings forward its press conference, just after Macron’s speech
For its part, the National Rally is refining its strategy and, in addition to its mocking remarks against the President of the Republic, has already prepared its response to counterattack. Indeed, initially planned later, a press conference organized by the RN was announced for this Thursday, April 25 at 4:30 p.m. at the party’s headquarters in reaction to Emmanuel Macron’s speech at La Sorbonne. “We want to show that the president’s speech is a campaign event and it is a way of reestablishing the duel” indicates a campaign executive to BFMTV. If for Caroline Parmentier, press manager of the head of the RN list for the Europeans, Emmanuel Macron’s speech at the Sorbonne is only a “masquerade”, the Élysée ensures for its part that the intervention of the head of the State “is not a campaign speech”. One thing is certain, the fight rages on.