MEP Nathalie Loiseau, who, in an interview with Le Point on February 4, had warned the European Union not to become “a big soft Switzerland”, attracting the wrath of the Helvetians, went back on her remarks in a video on Swiss radio RTS on Sunday February 6.
Nathalie Loiseau caught in a controversy… In an interview granted to the “Point” of February 4, the MEP had warned the European Union not to become “a big soft Switzerland”.
“It was rather taken in indifference. When I found out about it on social media; I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Laugh at the ridiculousness of this sentence or cry because of its vulgarity. It gives a detestable vision of the current political discourse in France ”analyzed on RT France the deputy to the Grand Council of Geneva Guy Mettan. This centrist elected official reacted to the remarks made by Nathalie Loiseau, who made a more than dubious comparison between the role that the European Union should have in the escalation of violence between Russia and Ukraine, while taking Switzerland against -example.
Part of my family lives in Annemasse
Following these remarks, Roberto Balzaretti, the Swiss ambassador to France reacted on the embassy’s Twitter account and wanted to set the record straight as to the role of his country in geopolitics: “For decades , we work for peace and security, in Europe and in the world. He also added, this time to AFP, that despite the fact that he “agrees on everything with Nathalie Loiseau” and that the two countries are doing “the same things: helping Ukraine and bringing the Russians at the negotiating table”, recalling in passing the “disparaging tone” and the “unacceptable remarks” of the MEP.
Nathalie Loiseau solemnly apologized: “Sorry if the Swiss were hurt […] What I meant was that Switzerland is neutral; it is the choice of its citizens that I respect infinitely […] I don’t believe that the EU can remain neutral”.
She also closed this controversy by addressing the RTS in a one-minute video, ending with a magnificent: “On Franco-Swiss relations, they are good, we are more than neighbors… part of my family lives in Annemasse. »
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