Macron denounces the “against nature” alliances on the left and right and appeals to the center

The French president, Emmanuel Macronhas denounced the “alliances against nature” to the right and left of the political board and has promisedexpand the base of what has been its liberal majority in response to the two blocs that include the extreme right and the extreme left in the face of the early legislative elections.

To this end, Macron has offered to lead a broad alliance that includes socialists, centrists, environmentalists, Christian Democrats and conservatives to defeat Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally.

“We are in a Historic moment for our country,” Macron said this Wednesday in a press conference three days after calling early legislative elections, which will be held in two rounds on June 30 and July 7.

Macron focused on attacking, on the one hand, the proposals of Le Pen, favorite in all the polls, to whom the president of the conservative Republicans, Éric Ciotti, has proposed an alliance; and on the other from the coalition of left-wing and environmental parties that include Jean-Luc Mélenchon’s La Francia Insumisa.

He also defended the electoral advance as “democratic response” to the result of the European elections in France, where the extreme right swept with more than 30% of the votes. “Our compatriots have expressed their concerns about security, immigration and purchasing power,” he admitted to make it clear that not calling elections would have been “irresponsible.”

In fact, he has been convinced that he still has room to put a stop to the “anger” of the citizens and contain the rise of the National Rally, which has already confirmed that it will present its leader, Jordan Barbadella, as a candidate for prime minister.

“The masks have fallen”

“I don’t want to give the keys to power to the extreme right in 2027,” Macron has asserted, alluding to the theoretical date of the next presidential elections, which is why he has tried to claim his party as the only moderate option within the current accelerated reconfiguration of alliances.

Thus, he has criticized his rivals and has pointed out that, since Sunday, “the masks have fallen”specifically by the alliances of the “republican” right and left –The Republicans and the Socialist Party– with “extreme” formations, in an apparent attempt to place their political movement at the center, Renaissance.

He hopes that the elections of June 30 and July 7 will lay the foundations for “a common, sincere and useful project for the country”, within a speech in which he has appealed to both voters and political leaders. who do not feel identified with the extremist fever“, after the crisis unleashed in Los Republicanos after the proposed alliance with the National Group.

Few election ads

During his speech, Macron has slipped some proposals, although without developing them. He sees room, he has explained, to continue taking measures on issues such as “illegal” immigration or securityor even “open a great debate on secularism” in France, but “very clearly” he has clarified that the “maximum firmness” must be undertaken “within the framework of the Republic and its values”, which happens in his opinion for also combating hate messages.

The French president has acknowledged that in no case is his bloc “perfect”, but he has tried to contrast his policies and promises with the supposed lack of ideas and contradictions that he attributes to other parties, for example in matters of pensions or energy.

No big announcements have come out of the appearance, beyond specific promises such as construction of eight nuclear reactors to reduce dependence on fossil fuels or measures to Delay minors’ access to mobile phones and social networks, Therefore, it has ended up being assumed within the French political class as the first campaign act for a Macron who already clarified on Tuesday that he will not resign “whatever the result” of the parliamentary elections.