In six weeks, the French are called to the polls for the European elections. For the moment, the National Rally is in the lead with 29% of voting intentions, according to an Opinionway poll for Europe 1, CNews and The Sunday Journal. The PS and Place Publique candidate, Raphaël Glucksmann, also continues to pick up points, and is now credited at 12%. He could thus continue to get closer to Valérie Hayer, candidate of the presidential majority, who is only ahead of the left-wing candidate by 7 points (19%). The match therefore seems to be decided for second place on the podium.
Guest of Europe 1 weekend morning, the Minister Delegate in charge of Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, tackled the competitors of the majority candidate. According to him, “Jordan Bardella is a blank gun, he had no influence in the European Parliament for five years”, and “Raphaël Glucksmann would like us to believe that he is very European, but he is a European with OCD “.
Jordan Bardella “has no chance of carrying the French word and ideas”
The minister criticizes the head of the RN list for having “stopped tabling amendments or reports” in the European Parliament, where he was elected almost 5 years ago. “It’s a useless vote, and what should not happen is that to please themselves, some of our fellow citizens decide to give a chance to someone who has no chance to bring French words and ideas to Strasbourg and Brussels in the next five years”, criticizes Jean-Noël Barrot at the microphone of Europe 1.
The minister responsible for Europe makes an identical observation on the results of Raphaël Glucksmann, also elected to the European Parliament in 2019. “In the great moments of European history over the last five years, when it was necessary to decide on the European recovery plan, on the carbon neutrality of Europe in 2050 or even on the protection of borders with the asylum and immigration pact, all of this, Raphaël Glucksmann did not vote for it.”
However, Valérie Hayer’s campaign seems to be slipping. Thursday, during his speech on Europe to students at the Sorbonne, Emmanuel Macron sought to relaunch the candidacy of the head of the list, increasingly left behind by Jordan Bardella. An idea that Jean-Noël Barrot refutes: “The presidential campaign is dynamic. The only useful vote is that of Valérie Hayer, because the situation is serious. The only question that is asked on June 9 is to know who will be able to rally the Germans, the Dutch, the Baltic countries, the Nordic countries to our positions And the answer is clear. Only Valérie Hayer is able to do it because she is in a central position in Parliament. European and that decisions in the European Parliament are taken at the center”, insisted the Minister responsible for Europe at the microphone of Europe 1.