This Wednesday, January 19, Emmanuel Macron delivered an inaugural speech for the French Presidency of the EU from the European Parliament in Strasbourg. The head of state was targeted by Yannick Jadot, also present in the hemicycle, who made an astonishing exit by comparing the tenant of the Elysee to an American actress.
Decidedly, the year does not start under the best auspices for Emmanuel Macron. Between the health crisis which is still not over, its controversial exit on the non-vaccinated in the columns of the Parisian and the controversy surrounding Jean-Michel Blanquer’s vacation in Ibiza, this month of January was not very relaxing for the President of the Republic. This Wednesday, January 19, the tenant of the Élysée went to Strasbourg to deliver an inaugural speech before the European Parliament, to mark the start of the French Presidency of the Council of the European Union. Except this date went quickly”transformed into a joust with the French MEPs present“, reported International mail. Among them, Jordan Bardella (Rassemblement National), Manon Aubry (La France Insoumise) and Yannick Jadot (Europe Ecology The Greens).
According to statements reported by Le Figaro, the environmental MEP criticized Emmanuel Macron for being “main cause of global warming“: “You will go down in history as the president of climate inaction. You are a climato-accommodating president, you prefer to make agreements with lobbies (…) to save nuclear energy condemned to bankruptcy“, lamented Yannick Jadot. He then dared an astonishing comparison between the French president and an American actress : Meryl Streep. “You prefer to procrastinate, like Meryl Streep in Don’t Look Up“, he dropped, addressing Emmanuel Macron, in a statement whose Point echoed. As a reminder, the actress lent her features to the President of the United States in this film available on Netflix. In this feature film, it is about the inaction of politicians and the inconsistency of the media in the face of the imminence of a catastrophe.
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Emmanuel Macron’s balance sheet also castigated by Jordan Bardella
After Yannick Jadot, it is Jordan Bardella who spoke for criticize the policy and record of the current President of the Republic. “Your Europe is 60 years old, ours is 3000“, he said, scathingly, according to comments reported by Le Figaro. The companion of Jean-Marie Le Pen’s granddaughter then accused Emmanuel Macron of having “makes Europe Washington’s backyard, Beijing’s prey, Africa’s hotel.” And to conclude: “For France, but also for Europe, it is vital that your mandate remains unique.” Mass has been said.
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