Lhe LR presidential candidate, Valérie Pécresse, is certain of it, after the controversy over the only European flag under the Arc de Triomphe, Emmanuel Macron has “a problem with the history of France”. “I believe that Emmanuel Macron has a problem with the history of France, he went to Algeria to say that we had committed crimes against humanity, he went to an Anglo-Saxon media to say that he wanted to deconstruct the ‘history of France, and today this history of flag,’ criticized Monday, January 3 on RTL, the president of the Île-de-France region.
“In Algeria, there were indeed abuses, there were dark pages in the history of France that were written, but crimes against humanity, this is what we reproach the Nazis and Hitler, and I don’t think we can speak of crimes against humanity, ”she continued. “I do not believe that we need to deconstruct the history of France, I think that all countries need myths, all countries need to be proud of their heroes,” she added.
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“I am a patriot and a European”
Valérie Pécresse did not take over the terms of her support and former opponent in the right-wing primaries, Eric Ciotti, who on Sunday described Emmanuel Macron as “an uprooted president” who “does not like France”. “Eric Ciotti felt it like that and if he felt it like that, well he said it with his words”, she explained.
For Valérie Pécresse, “there are three positions: there are those who only display the European flag; there are those who only want the French flag; What I would have liked is if the French flag was displayed next to the European flag, because I am a patriot and a European ”. “I am convinced that today, the duel is Emmanuel Macron or me. Because, today, the question is: who to govern France? And I think I’m more of a reformer than Emmanuel Macron and […] that I have much more authority than Marine Le Pen ”, she also assured.