Raphaël Glucksmann denounced last night the anti-Semitic attacks against him in the campaign. Several of his competitors in the elections gave him their support.
12:50 – Three days before the European elections, Macron will speak on television this evening
The news made all his adversaries cringe: the President of the Republic will be interviewed this evening on TF1 and France 2 in prime time, from Caen where he is commemorating the landing. He will talk about the commemorations, internationally but also about Europe, 24 hours before the end of the official campaign. All the information in our article:
11:27 – “We must stand up straight”: Raphaël Glucksmann reacts to anti-Semitic acts
“The hatred has not disappeared,” notes Raphaël Glucksmann this morning on RTL, questioned about the anti-Semitic attacks to which he is the subject. “I designed my campaign as an antidote to the brutalization of public debate, to hatred, to this violence which is resurfacing in our society,” affirms the candidate of the Socialists and Place Publique. “So yes, we must denounce forcefully, we must stand up straight, we must refuse anti-Semitism, refuse hatred and show that democracy, which is fragile, remains the heart of our concerns.”
Glucksmann is outraged by the comments of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who wrote a few days ago in a blog post that anti-Semitic acts were “residual” in France. “There is nothing residual in that and it is a scandal to say that when the figures for anti-Semitic acts have exploded since October 7,” declared the MEP.
10:54 – For Marie Toussaint, socialists “give in to pressure” on ecology issues
The head of the EELV list attacks the camp of Raphaël Glucksmann, whom she accuses of having voted against the interests of ecology in the European Parliament during the last legislature. “To vote for the socialists is to vote for this austerity, to vote for the return of mega-trucks to Europe, which was voted at the start of the mandate, to vote for the environmental unraveling of the CAP”, affirms Marie Toussaint on Franceinfo . For the environmentalist, “it’s simple, when there is an economic, social crisis or, obviously, a war, the socialists give in to the pressure.”
10:21 – For Hayer, “Ukraine has a European destiny”, but on 3 conditions
“If the question is whether Ukraine should join the European Union today or tomorrow morning, no!” Declares Valérie Hayer on RMC. The head of the Macronist list explains: “Ukraine has a European destiny, moreover the Ukrainians, today, are fighting for their territorial integrity, but they are also fighting for our values. Afterwards, conditions are needed to join the European Union. The first is that they are no longer at war. The second is that they reform and upgrade from a social point of view. from an economic point of view, from a point of view of the fight against corruption too”, which, according to Valérie Hayer, “will take years”
Finally, “we need to reform ourselves. We can see that at 27, the decision-making process is complicated.”
09:50 – Jordan Bardella “does not consider Eric Zemmour as an adversary”
The head of the list RN deplores that Reconquête, the party of Eric Zemmour and Marion Maréchal, is campaigning against him. “I, my opponent, is Emmanuel Macron“, affirms Jordan Bardella on Europe 1. “I do not consider Eric Zemmour as an adversary, he is an electoral competitor. But I’m just saying that he is at the head of a political movement which, today, is an electoral dead end.”
09:31 – “It is unity that creates strength”: in Normandy, Attal praises the EU
The Prime Minister is interviewed by France 2 live from Normandy, where he is participating in the D-Day commemorations. “I think that what has prevented the worst from returning for all these years to France is Europe,” insists Gabriel Attal. “Because the lesson of what happened here on the landing beaches is that it is unity that creates strength. Here, on these beaches, Americans and English landed, but also Belgians, Dutch, Norwegians, Poles and many others,” he recalls. “And if there had not been the union of different countries, different nations, there would have been no landing.”
09:15 – The first polling stations have opened… in the Netherlands
Some European citizens have already gone to the polls this Thursday morning: in the Netherlands, polling stations opened at 7:30 a.m. This is the first country to organize the ballot for the 2024 European elections. The other member states will open the vote by the end of the week. In mainland France, you will have to wait until Sunday to place your ballot in the ballot box.
09:03 – “Abject images”: Glucksmann reveals photos of swastikas tagged on his posters
It was on Wednesday afternoon that Raphaël Glucksmann broke the silence to denounce the anti-Semitic attacks of which he was the target in this European campaign. “The same abject images in Marseille, Angers, Nantes, Carpentras… The same messages of hatred — by the thousands — on social networks,” he lamented on X, accompanying his words with photos of swastikas tagged on his posters the country.
The same abject images in Marseille, Angers, Nantes, Carpentras…
The same hate messages — by the thousands — on social networks.
The same manipulations and lies repeated ad nauseam for months. ???? pic.twitter.com/t3PIvW27SJ
— Raphael Glucksmann (@rglucks1) June 5, 2024
08:59 – Valérie Hayer gives her “sincere support” to Raphaël Glucksmann
The Macronist candidate considers it “inadmissible” that her opponent is the subject of anti-Semitic attacks. She expresses her “sincere support” to Raphaël Glucksmann on X, assuring: “We will always, always fight the anti-Semitic poison.”
08:55 – “Enough!” Marie Toussaint “discovers with dismay” the anti-Semitic acts against Glucksmann
The head of the Europe Ecology list The Greens also reacted to the denunciations of the Socialist candidate. “I discover with dismay and firmly condemn the anti-Semitic attacks against Raphaël Glucksmann,” she wrote on X. “Anti-Semitism has no place, neither in our country nor elsewhere. Enough!” Marie Toussaint is still indignant.
08:50 – Manon Aubry “condemns” the “abject” acts on Glucksmann’s posters
“These anti-Semitic acts on Raphaël Glucksmann’s posters are despicable,” reacted last night the head of the list of La France insoumise on X, a few hours after his socialist opponent had published photos of campaign posters tagged with swastikas. Manon Aubry condemned “with the greatest firmness”, ensuring that Raphaël Glucksmann had “every [s]”Solidarity, like all the victims of this poison.” L’Insoumise concluded her tweet with the words: “Down with anti-Semitism! Down with racism! Down with the far right!”