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European elections 2024 fileLéon Deffontaines (PCF), Manon Aubry (LFI), Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologistes), François-Xavier Bellamy (LR), Raphaël Glucksmann (PS-Place publique) and Clément Beaune (spokesperson for the Renaissance list) march at the invitation of “Libé” and speak, in public and live on Twitch from 8 p.m., before the vote on June 9.
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In summary :
- The heads of the French lists in the European elections parade this Thursday, May 2 at the Sorbonne at the invitation of Libé and speak, in public and live on Twitchbefore the vote on June 9.
- Léon Deffontaines (PCF), Manon Aubry (LFI), Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologistes), François-Xavier Bellamy (Les Républicains), Raphaël Glucksmann (PS-Place publique) and Clément Beaune (spokesperson for the Renaissance list) follow one another in the gallery from 8 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
- They speak on three main themes. Ecology, precariousness, defense: where do they want Europe to look?
21h58
For Raphaël Glucksmann, “Europe must come of age”. “Europe is Tanguy”. The formula has surely been worked on, it summarizes Raphaël Glucksmann’s thoughts on European institutions. For him, “the European Union cannot remain a diplomatic dwarf because on November 5, 2024, you can have Donald Trump president of the United States. Europe then finds itself alone facing the war on its own soil. But “establishing itself as a geopolitical power” is at the top of the socialist list through profound changes, notably the end of the state veto. “We must move to qualified majority votes, move to a new stage of European construction,” he said. Europe must come of age.”
21h54
Boos and applause for Raphaël Glucksmann. It’s the turn of the head of the PS and Place publique list to take the stage. Raphaël Glucksmann is greeted with both boos and applause. From the outset, the essayist supports the student mobilizations in Gaza, explaining that he finds them “legitimate”. Often presented as a pro-Israeli, Glucksmann recalls that he condemned colonization in the West Bank well before October 7. The candidate emphasizes his preference for a two-state solution. “The only tenable solution,” he said. For this, the founder of Place Publique calls in particular on France to recognize the State of Palestine.
9:48 p.m
The Eye of Coco and Graphic Terror.
9:45 p.m
Bellamy defends Morano’s presence in an eligible position on the roster. The Republicans confirmed at the beginning of the week, Nadine Morano is indeed in an eligible position on their list for the June 9 election. Enough to raise eyebrows among several people, including those in the party. Because, in 5 years, Nicolas Sarkozy’s former minister does not seem to have lost her mind. The proof is that she hasn’t produced a single report in 5 years. “I believe that the reality of the work accomplished cannot be measured by the number of reports written,” assures Bellamy, who prefers to highlight the “work carried out” by Morano around the asylum and immigration pact. On the microphone, the philosopher praises a list combining both experience and renewal, notably citing his number 2, the farmer Céline Imart.
21h33
François-Xavier Bellamy jostled on immigration and asylum. He knew the political colors of the debate arena… He was not disappointed. On stage, the head of the LR list defends in particular the principle of asylum requests made outside European borders. “We are in an aberrant situation, which causes tragedies,” he said. “Is it with Libya where you want to make this kind of agreement?”, reiterates the editorialist Jonathan Bouchet-Petersen. “I knew very well that it would not be an easy place,” Bellamy responds with a smile, before being referred to his debate with Marion Maréchal and Jordan Bardella, last week, at the invitation of the Les Eveilleurs association. , an emanation of the Manif pour tous. “It’s always in our best interest to invite everyone,” replies Bellamy. And to continue: “If people die in the Mediterranean Sea it is not because Europe has borders, it is because Europe no longer has borders”, also says the LR candidate, before being whistled in the room. Retort: “You are shy!”
21h29
Behind the scenes, Aubry, Glucksmann and Beaune meet without much warmth. The insoumise says it is “very satisfied” with the format which “allows each candidate to talk about substance without putting the left in opposition”. The head of the LFI list, however, would have preferred that there be a countdown of time. We note for next year. PS candidate Raphaël Glucksmann arrives at the same time as Macronist representative Clément Beaune. As he puts down his things, Glucksmann greets Aubry from afar. Without a kiss, as they usually do. For his part, Clément Beaune follows the Valérie Hayer/Jordan Bardella debate on his phone which started on BFMTV, as well as on the comments in his party’s loop. “For now it’s okay, I’m going to concentrate on here,” he said.
21h27
A few boos for the arrival of the head of the list LR François-Xavier Bellamy. The right-wing candidate was applauded but also heard a few boos when he arrived on stage. “We continue to make a distinction between the right and the RN,” explains Libé editorialist Jonathan Bouchet-Petersen to justify the reception of the LR candidate, with the hard conservative line. “Thank you for your welcome, I am very happy to be here!”, replies the head of the LR list with a smile. And to compare himself to a “PSG supporter in an OM evening”.
Asked about the mobilization of youth for Gaza, Bellamy replies: “If we want to revolt, we must name all those responsible for this situation. […] Israel was attacked on October 7, we must not forget, it has the right to defend itself but the duty to defend itself in accordance with international law. And to continue: “What strikes me in these mobilizations is that many students, who rightly express their concern […] find it difficult to condemn the force that created this hell, Hamas.” In the room, the candidate is applauded, but also booed by a few people. Only applause on the other hand when he praises the “fight against anti-Semitism, our common fight”.
9:15 p.m.
Marie Toussaint wants “a major law separating lobbies and institutions”. Europe and Europeans, how to reconnect? Questioned on this (vast) question, Marie Toussaint pleads for “a major law separating lobbies and European institutions”. On subjects linked to energy, pesticides and food, “each time, it is the lobbies who produce the scientific studies” on which the EU makes its decisions, believes the head of the green list.
9:14 p.m
The Eye of Coco and Graphic Terror.
9:06 p.m
Marie Toussaint and the difficulty of speaking to the working classes. The cliché is persistent. Environmentalists would only address the bobos of the city centers. On stage, Marie Toussaint tries to prove the opposite by highlighting several of the measures of its program presented at the start of the week. Since the start of his campaign, the ecologist has defended the idea of a “right of social veto” whose principle consists of preventing the implementation of any policy which would prove harmful to the poorest 10% of the population. EU. Also, so that the less well-off have access to quality products, Marie Toussaint defends a reduction in VAT “on virtuous products, made in Europe, creating employment, good for health and for nature”. And to illustrate: “mothers must be able to buy glyphosate-free diapers for their children”.
20h59
Is environmentalist Marie Toussaint going to war? Asked about the creation of a European army, the head of the green list replied French: “Yes, we want a European army, we confirm it”. After having developed: “When we are in a war, a dirty war, with immense imperialist desires, as we also see in Georgia, we must understand that we must not only support Ukraine, but that it is also our values, the European project itself which must be defended.” The green candidate denounces in passing the “go-to-warriorism” of the head of state, who again raised this Thursday the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine.
20h56
Marie Toussaint thanks the students for their mobilization. It’s the turn of the head of the environmentalist list to take the microphone. To begin with, Marie Toussaint says “not to fear the student movement”. On the contrary. The lawyer warmly thanks the students for “standing up and mobilizing to make the voice of peace heard.” “We need this mobilization,” she adds. Before denouncing right-wing elected officials like Valérie Pécresse who are asking for subsidies to be withdrawn from universities. “The voice of students must not be oppressed,” she chants.
20h53
Between Toussaint and Deffontaines, chambers behind the scenes. Good-natured atmosphere backstage between the head of the ecological list Marie Toussaint who revises her files before going on stage, and the communist Léon Deffontaines who comes out. The two kiss each other while making out. “I didn’t listen to you, I was on my way, were you good?”, says the green one. “You would have liked it, I talked about ecology!”, replies the red one, mockingly. “Ah was it to hit us again? It worries me when you say that.” “Not even,” defends Deffontaines, all smiles. The communist candidate is expected next week in Fessenheim to speak on nuclear power, the revival of which is one of the pillars of his program to strengthen “the energy sovereignty of France”, while ecologists are still hostile to the atom.
20h48
Manon Aubry calls for taxing “super profits” and “super fortunes”. “Immense fortunes and multinationals pay much less tax than ordinary French people,” denounces Insoumise: “Our tax system is completely unfair.” The LFI candidate declaims two flagship measures of her program, a tax on “super profits” and another on “super fortunes”. The first would bring in 125 billion euros, and the second 250 billion, according to Aubry. “It’s more interesting than reforming unemployment insurance or stealing money from universities or hospitals.”
20h41
Manon Aubry defends the record of the rebellious delegation. Manon Aubry assures us: the rebels have obtained (or contributed to obtaining) victories in the European Parliament over the last five years. Former Oxfam cite for example the European directive on platform workers. A text which “will change the lives” of several million people on the continent, she says. During the next mandate, Manon Aubry intends to bring the idea of an autonomy allowance for all young people aged 18 to 25 to the level of the French poverty threshold, or nearly 1,200 euros. On stage, the candidate also defends the idea of a limit on salary gaps of 1 to 20 in multinationals.
20h37
Manon Aubry brings her “solidarity” to the youth mobilized for Gaza. The head of the rebellious list addressed young people mobilized in several French universities and schools, from Sciences Po to the Sorbonne: “Our generation does not want to witness a genocide in the Gaza Strip.” The outgoing MEP also points out the “irresponsibility” of the government, after the police summons of candidate Rima Hassan, on Aubry’s list, and of Mathilde Panot, head of the LFI group in the Assembly. “They will not silence the voices of peace, they will continue to be expressed,” says Aubry.
20h33
The Eye of Coco and Graphic Terror.
20h32
Manon Aubry intends to “force things” so that the campaign is focused on the economy and social issues. Another remark from Manon Aubry behind the scenes: “it’s good to have fired the fascists”. Jordan Bardella and Marion Maréchal, given our editorial line, were not actually invited. François-Xavier Bellamy, for Les Républicains, yes: “It’s good for him, he will be able to cover a wide spectrum”, quips the rebel, taking into account the extreme right-wing of the traditional French right. As for his campaign, Aubry assures that “phase 1” is going well and that “phase 2”, very focused on social issues, must begin on May 13 with a meeting in Amiens with François Ruffin.
Aubry seems to have difficulty impose your campaign when those close to Jean-Luc Mélenchon especially push the Palestinian question. She refers the media (including Libé) to her choices: “In Grenoble, I presented an industrial relocation plan. In Montpellier I presented our program. Both times Libé was absent.” Ok we’ll take it. She also points out that economic and social issues have not been chosen by the major channels in future debates between candidates. “I’m going to force things,” she promises.
20h29
Manon Aubry attacks the “privatization” of the Sorbonne for Emmanuel Macron’s speech. Handshake behind the scenes between the head of the rebellious list, Manon Aubry and Christine Neau-Leduc, president of Paris-1-Sorbonne University. Very cordially, the second emphasizes that it is possible to organize debates “with everyone” at the Sorbonne. The first responds that she is “delighted” to see that the great amphitheater of the Sorbonne “is not only privatized for Emmanuel Macron”. The historic room where she will take her “grand oral” at this Libé University welcomed, last week, the European speech of the Head of State. A few minutes before, upon her arrival, Manon Aubry joked: “I hope it wasn’t Libé who evacuated the activists” mobilized for Palestine. No, we have nothing to do with it.
20h26
Léon Deffontaines assumes communist “singularity”. In many ways, the Communist Party differs from the rest of the left. On nuclear power, for example, Deffontaines is the only candidate in this part of the political spectrum to support an energy mix including a significant share of nuclear power. “We have our uniqueness,” he says. Despite this, the candidate says he is convinced that in the European Parliament, the different groups of the left will be able to agree on common texts and amendments. You still have to pass the 5% mark to sit there.
20h21
Léon Deffontaines “firmly opposed” to Ukraine’s entry into the EU. Asked about Ukraine’s accession to the European Union, the head of the communist list expresses his opposition, citing the example of the last European enlargement, in 2004. “We are still picking up the pieces,” he said, denouncing “social dumping” in a “liberal Europe”. In the absence of social harmonization between member countries, Léon Deffontaines points to the risk of a “headward flight of our industry and the ruin of our farmers”.
20h19
Léon Deffontaines supports the mobilization of students. Current events require, Léon Deffontaines’ oral presentation begins with the situation in universities. The head of the PCF list says he supports the mobilizations in many universities but does not endorse the controversial slogan “from the Sea to the Jordan”. “These are not the demands of the Palestinians and therefore it is not up to us, French, to dictate what should happen in Palestine,” he explains. Then, while the rebels seem to be maneuvering in numerous blockades, the twenty-year-old recalls that “the Young Communists are at the initiative of the mobilizations in several universities”.
20h06
Six invited candidates, no xenophobic candidate. Jonathan Bouchet-Petersen, journalist at Libé, introduces the evening by detailing the list of guests. He specifies that the newspaper assumes “the choice not to invite the two heads of the xenophobic lists, Marion Maréchal for Reconquête and Jordan Bardella for the National Rally”. The great amphitheater of the Sorbonne applauds. Just as the public welcomes the remarks on student mobilization to which the event intends not to remain deaf. “While there was a police evacuation a few hours ago from Place de la Sorbonne, we prefer to create debate than avoid debate,” summarizes Jonathan Bouchet-Petersen.
19h58
Léon Deffontaines condemns the paint throwing of which Raphaël Glucksmann was the victim in Saint-Etienne. Barely arrived, once the behind-the-scenes presentations have been made, we inevitably question Léon Deffontaines, the PCF candidate, former leader of the Communist Youth, about his comrades from the Loire who have demanded the action against Raphaël Glucksmann on May 1 in Saint-Etienne. “A shame,” responds Deffontaines, who specifies that he himself had been qualified as a “social traitor” when he arrived in 2018 at the head of the JC. He assures that the group which made the claim had left the JC in 2019 and reiterates that he condemns the fact that its socialist counterpart had to be exfiltrated from the May 1 demonstration.
7:30 p.m
A grand oral less than six weeks before the election. The heads of the French lists in the European elections will parade this Thursday, May 2 in the large amphitheater of the Sorbonne at the invitation of Libé. From 8 p.m., find Léon Deffontaines (PCF), Manon Aubry (LFI), Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologistes), François-Xavier Bellamy (LR), Raphaël Glucksmann (PS-Place publique) and Clément Beaune (spokesperson for the Renaissance list), live on Twitchto listen to their vision of Europe and their proposals to change it.
