French President Emmanuel Macron spoke at the Sorbonne on Thursday to defend his vision for Europe just weeks before the European Parliament elections. His speech sparked a barrage of criticism from the French political elite.
“On the European stage, Emmanuel Macron has been confusing his incantations and gesticulations with achievements for seven years,” said Marine Le Pen, leader of the Rassemblement National, accusing him of “selling out whole sections of national sovereignty,” BFMTV reported live.
For his part, Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s successor, president of the Rassemblement National, assessed at a press conference that the head of state had “decided to intervene directly and personally in the election campaign.”
Manon Aubry, who heads the list of the France Insoumise movement for the European elections, gave her assessment of Macron’s years of presidency, calling his policies “arrogance, inequality, hypocrisy.”
Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, leader of the party Debout la France (France Arise) commented on Macron’s speech yesterday on X:
“Education, health, nuclear power, electricity, defence, digital technology, foreign policy, economy, industry, agriculture….. Emmanuel Macron now wants to develop and think European. With this speech, he is carrying out the planned destruction of France. High treason.”
