French President Emmanuel Macron held a press conference on 12th June 2024 about the priorities of his Renaissance party and its allies ahead of the early legislative elections in France.
Here is a summary of the press conference as reported by France 24. It is a French publicly-funded international news television network based in Paris.
President Macron’s Vision
- Pensions: Index to inflation. Other parties’ policies will result in bankruptcy.
- Seeks to build eight new nuclear reactors.
- “Mea culpa” on lack of youth housing, acknowledging the shortcomings.
- Proposes a ban on phones and social media for very young.
- Seeks debate on secularism.
Views on Far-right
- Does not want far-right in power in 2027.
- Will not resign if far-right, or others, win.
- Refuses a Macron/Le Pen debate.
- Accuses far-right of ambiguity on Russia.
- Far-right in power will mean France’s exit from NATO.
Snap Elections in France
- EU vote could not be ignored.
- Snap election was only path forward to “clarifying things”.
- Alliance of far-right: “Masks are coming off”.
- Calls for moderate parties to join forces for coalition Accuses far-left of antisemitism and anti-parliamentary acts.
- In the event that the snap elections deal Macron’s camp another blow and hand the French far right an even larger majority in the National Assembly, the president reaffirmed that he has no plans to resign from his post.
Sources & References
- Macron says he called snap elections to prevent rise of far right in 2027 presidential vote france24.com
- France’s dissolution of parliament, snap elections: What happens next? france24.com
Hi Prashanth,
Thanks for clearing the about this desolve!
Can you please also explain about below?
What is Far left partysand thier moto?
What is fat right party’s and thier moto?
What is the party in middle and thier moto?
Who impacts the expats?
Thanks
Hello, Thanks for your feedback. Unfortunately, i cannot go too much into political topics because people can think that i am supporting a certain political party.
But, I will try to cover your questions via some neutral articles soon. Just the official info.