The Elysée indicates “respecting the democratic choice” of the Italians, who voted on Sunday for the coalition of right and extreme right, bringing the legislative elections at the top of a postfascist leader.
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Can a political earthquake in Italy give rise to a whisper in France? In the aftermath of the triumphant victory of Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Postfascist Fratelli party in Italia, in the Italian legislative elections, the executive power manifests the greatest caution. “I will not comment on the democratic choice of the Italian people, explained Elisabeth Borne on Monday, September 26, at the microphone of BFM-TV. Now, it is up to the President of the Republic [Sergio Mattarella] to appoint the president or the president of the president Council. “Reinterrogated, the Prime Minister simply defended the role of Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, which consists in recalling that in Europe we carry values, and that each State must register in The framework of these values - the rule of law, human rights, respect for the right to abortion “.
The reaction of the French executive is a notch below those of European neighbors. For the Spanish Foreign Minister, José Manuel Albares, “populisms always end up in disaster”; Berlin is waiting for Italy to remain “a country very favorable to Europe”, according to a spokesperson for the German government. In France, only the Minister responsible for transport Clément Beaune, frankly called, on September 24 on Twitter, never to forget “where the flame taken up by the FN comes from: it is the flame that comes out of the tomb of Mussolini, The symbol chosen after the war by Italian neofascists. It is still the emblem of the national rally “. The former Secretary of State for European Affairs stressed on Monday that Emmanuel Macron castigated “those who promise hatred, division or national withdrawal”, at the Sorbonne, during his speech on Europe, there is Five years for day.
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Meanwhile, in unison with her populist and sovereignist allies in Europe, Marine Le Pen warmly congratulated Giorgia Meloni and Matteo Salvini, believing that “the Italian people have decided to resume their destiny” facing ” An anti -democratic and arrogant European Union “. On the right, the leaders of the Les Républicains party reject the Italian example of an alliance with the extreme right, but marry its concerns. “The real danger for Europe is not Giorgia Meloni, said MEP LR François-Xavier Bellamy is that illegal immigration has exploded in Italy.”
“neighbors and friends “
Within the executive, we avoid expanding on what has been a first in Italy since 1945. Monday, in the middle of the afternoon, the Elysée made known in a brief declaration to The France-Presse agency that Emmanuel Macron “respects” a “democratic and sovereign choice”. “As neighboring countries and friends, we must continue to work together,” he added. In the office of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Colonna, this discretion was explained by the need to “remain united” in the face of the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine. Government sources are convinced that the coalition formed by the postfascist Giorgia Meloni, the far -right leader Matteo Salvini and the right of Silvio Berlusconi, will not upset European achievements – the euro, the transatlantic alliance and firmness in front of Vladimir Putin constituting “the essential” during the turbulence. “I want to believe that the line which was built by Mario Draghi has something in the short term of irreversible in cooperation in Europe,” said Emmanuel Macron, September 12.
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