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European: The French Prime Minister warns of a potential far-right victory

by AI | 07.Jun 2024 | Europe in brief AI

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal warned French voters against a possible far-right victory in the European elections, on the sidelines of the 80th anniversary of the Landing.

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal arrives at the international ceremony at Omaha Beach, in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy, on the northern coast of France, as part of events marking the 80th anniversary of the Allied landing in France in 1944, on June 6, 2024. (Photo: Miguel MEDINA / AFP)

Paris – “Europe was born thanks to France, it should not die because of France,” where the far right is given victory in Sunday’s European elections, Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said Thursday on television, on the sidelines of the 80th anniversary of the Landing.

“That’s the message that would be sent if France sent the first battalion of anti-Europe far-right deputies to the European Parliament,” added the Prime Minister on France 2 from Utah Beach.

“I don’t want the face of France in Europe to change from that of Simone Veil (former president of the European Parliament, ed.) to that of Marine Le Pen,” he insisted.

“The lesson of what happened here, on the Landing beaches, is that unity makes strength,” continued the head of government, before mentioning the EU’s support to Ukraine: “We do it because they are fighting for values that we defend, freedom, democracy…” (06.06.2024)