The Minister Delegate for Europe returned, Monday, May 30 on France 2, to the violent outbursts on the sidelines of the Champions League final, the EU summit in order to enact new sanctions against Russia and the legislative campaign.
Clément Beaune began the interview with an update following the catastrophic management of the Champions League final in Saint-Denis: “There are very serious malfunctions and it is a very serious situation. I would like us to be responsible for our country and the big sporting events that are going to happen. “For him, this made the bed of the extreme parties:” I heard in the minutes which followed the extreme right having its immediate reflex to accuse the young people of districts, Mélenchon and its “Police state”. The police avoided tragedies so we must also pay tribute to the work they did. »
He added that “the Minister of Sports, from this morning, will bring together all the players: federation, UEFA, the city of Saint-Denis, the Stade de France, the police headquarters to see what happened. The Minister, despite numerous testimonies and images, explained that he did not want to “get into the game of saying that it is the fault of such and such. There were counterfeit notes, organizational problems, a transport strike. No one knows exactly the sequence of responsibilities. We are careful not to throw oil on the fire. »
Mélenchon was at the forefront of criticism: “He spoke of a police state, it’s still very serious and immediately blamed our police who did an exceptional job to avoid a tragedy. human. ” Clément Beaune also declared that ” to govern is to take responsibility, to solve problems “, hammering, again, that the government ” does not know[t] not say today who is responsible for what, and in these cases, the responsibilities are shared. “He tried to reassure the French:” We obviously know how to organize major sporting events, we saw it with the Euro. There was an obvious miss and let’s fix the problem. “For him, it is clear:” Without knowing, they accuse: young people from neighborhoods for the far right, the police for the far left. »
“The day when peace returns, that day, we must avoid being in a feeling of revenge or humiliation”
The Minister for Europe also spoke about the upcoming European summit, to decide on a sixth round of sanctions against Russia: “It’s difficult, but I’m hopeful that an agreement will be reached on the sixth package of sanctions dealing with energy issues. Let’s be clear, it’s getting tougher and tougher, but there’s unanimity among the 27. But we’re in the tough. Unity is a daily struggle. ” According to him, ” we have more impact when we hit Russia at 27, but obviously it’s difficult. We pay for decades of addiction, but we will find an agreement. »
He also returned to the fact that “two thirds of Russian oil imported into Europe goes by sea and the last third goes through the pipeline, which supplies 100% of countries like Hungary. We could lose everything. I am confident that we will find unanimous agreement; we must keep this European unity. Beaune defended the words of Emmanuel Macron, who said he did not want to humiliate Russia: “There is no indulgence or complacency. The president says that we must strengthen the sanctions and support Ukraine more: two billion euros in arms support from the European Union. The day when peace returns, that day, it will be necessary to avoid being in a feeling of revenge or humiliation. »
A trip to kyiv is not relevant: “The president will go to kyiv when it is useful. Our support is very strong and very clear. The president is the one who has had President Zelensky on the phone the most. Our support for Ukraine has been built by this French presidency. »
And the legislative ones, he who is a candidate in the 7th constituency of Paris? “A campaign is always difficult, but you have to convince in the face of a lot of confusion maintained by the far left. Mélenchon makes believe that he is a left of government when he is a left of agitation. »