Emmanuel Macron delivered a speech on Europe at the end of the morning on April 25 at La Sorbonne, where he had already delivered one at the start of his first term in 2017. 45 days before the European elections, the head of the French State has chosen to position itself on a theme which represents its political DNA to take stock and make proposals.
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It’s the ” speech by the head of state of a large country who formulates guidelines and proposals ” for the European Council which will take place after the election of June 9, this is what is being hammered at the Élysée to place this intervention in a strategic agenda and to circumvent the annoying question: is Emmanuel Macron entering today into the electoral fray, to relaunch the campaign of a candidate, Valérie Hayer, who continues to lose ground against Jordan Bardella (RN).
A speech ” in the countryside »
But, in the team of the head of the Renaissance list, some have less political modesty and recognize that if it is not a “ campaign speech » in the militant sense of the term, it is indeed a speech « in the countryside “. Because, by defending a “ Europe power » able to withstand crises, Emmanuel Macron will indeed oppose his vision to that of his adversaries in matters of defense, security, economy, democracy, values, the major questions which must be addressed by the president.
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And, the majority hope that this will help to mobilize the electoral base sensitive to European issues and to rise in the polls. The worst, concedes a presidential party executive, would be if there were “ no effect “.
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