- French Prime Minister has told voters ‘don’t be like the British’ over fears of a ‘Frexit’
- This takes place prior to the European elections, which will take place in June
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has told voters to ‘don’t be like the British who cried after Brexit’ ahead of next week’s European elections. He claimed that illegal immigration and economic tension through the Channel are more urgent than ever.
In an interview with RTL radio On Thursday, Attal warned that voters who choose the far right risk becoming like the British, citing recent British polls showing that British voters would choose to remain in the European Union if there were a repeat of the 2016 referendum take place.
“A large majority of Britons regret Brexit and sometimes regret not voting, or voting for something that was negative for their country,” he said.
‘Today there is more illegal immigration than at any time in Britain since the country left the European Union. There are huge economic problems in Britain because they left the (EU).”
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, Rassemblement National, or National Rally in English, is performing strongly in the polls in France.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal has said that French voters who want to vote for the far right in the upcoming European elections risk becoming like the British who have been ‘crying since Brexit’
Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, Rassemblement National, is performing strongly in the polls.
The president, Jordan Bardella, is polling at over 30%, well ahead of support for Member of the European Parliament, Valerie Hayer.
Hayer was picked by French President Emmanuel Macron as his centrist party’s leading candidate in the European elections, to be held in June.
While Le Pen’s party stopped supporting a ‘Frexit’ several years ago and has since said it wants France to remain in the EU, Attal knew the far-right party was pursuing policies that would leave France out of the EU. EU could stay. EU.
He said that if the far right were active in the European Parliament, it “could have the capacity to block European institutions, which would lead to very dangerous consequences for our country.”
“If you say that you are no longer going to respect the rules of the internal market, that you are no longer going to pay France’s contributions and that you are going to stop respecting most of the treaties, then the reality is that we are no longer in the EU,” he said. he.
In 2022, Macron accused Le Pen of having a secret ‘Frexit’ plan to follow Britain out of the European Union and create a right-wing alliance with Poland and Hungary.
The head of state had made the claim in the middle of an election campaign in which opinion polls threatened his role as leader of France.
“She wants to leave, but she doesn’t dare say it, and that’s never good,” Macron said, discussing his bitter rival’s policies toward the EU at a meeting in eastern France.
“She says she wants an alliance of nation states, but she’s going to be backed into a corner and try to make an alliance with her friends,” he added.
Attal, who critics call Macron’s ‘mini-me’, is at the center of the campaign against Le Pen’s party.
At 34 years old, he is the youngest ever Prime Minister of France.
a recent survey Le Pen’s Rassemblement National showed a significant lead with 33.5%, compared to Macron’s Renaissance party, which fell by 16%. The Socialist Party narrowly lagged behind with 14%.