To establish first opponent in Emmanuel Macron in 2022, many candidates take on European law and want to revise the Constitution.
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“I do not have an opponent in the camp of those who believe in France, from Montebourg to Zemmour,” Tweeted Marine Le Pen, September 21st. Maybe not adversaries, but many competitors. All right and far-right candidates at the Elysee, Eric Zemmour to Xavier Bertrand – and until the former Socialist Minister Arnaud Montebourg – are ready to suspend guarantees of the rule of law. Name of “national sovereignty” and the fight against immigration. All denounce among others “the submission policy in Brussels” (Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, standing France) and call for their wishes “a constitutional shield” to “find our freedom of maneuver” (Michel Barnier, Republicans, LR).
Behind the denunciation of European law, it is actually the French constitution which is targeted, and its first guardian, the Constitutional Council. “I want to emphasize that, among the privileged targets of the adversaries of the rule of law, are at the forefront of the constitutional courses, admitted Monday, 4 October Laurent Fabius, the President of the Council, during the” Night of Law “organized By the institution. Where they fulfill their role, these courses are the guarantors of respect for the rule of law. It is even their raison d’être. “And they have probably never been so threatened.
The candidates for the presidency, however, are sufficiently warned to know that a referendum on immigration would hash with the fundamental principles of French law and would lead to legal consequences difficultly overlooking. However, “weakening, the destructuring of political parties does not allow them to enforce a number of principles, observes the researcher in Political Science Olivier Rouquan. Some have in mind that they will not be able to achieve this type of promises, it is declarative, to stay in the race. It will do damage in trust in politics, but we are there, among the Republicans “.
The temptation of referendums
During this start, three personalities, Marine Le Pen (national gathering candidate, RN), Eric Zemmour (far-right polemist not yet declared) and Xavier Bertrand (Ex-LR candidate), are competing with the favors of Surveys to impose itself by opposing Emmanuel Macron. “The competition is phenomenal, note the Politologist Pascal Perrineau, and the marker of these families is security and immigration. It is not sure that the freshness of recent converts prevails over those who believe in these stakes from moons. “
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