French globalist President Emmanuel Macron, on his first official visit to Germany in 24 years, began the trip with a warning to countries acting in their own self-interest.
France and Germany, both led by globalist left-wing governments and facing damaging votes in less than two weeks amid continent-wide re-election of the European Parliament, presented a united front as Macron arrived in Berlin on his first official visit in nearly a quarter century. The last French leader to pay an official visit to Germany was President Jacques Chirac in 2000.
Franco-German relations – keeping the two parties from invading each other – are what the European Union was founded on, and Macron clearly had that institution in mind when he called on young Germans to channel their national pride into the European Union. “If the right is not defeated, Europe may die,” the French president warned again. Reports Figaro.
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BERLIN, GERMANY – MAY 26, 2024: French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a state dinner at Bellevue Palace in Berlin, Germany on May 26, 2024. President Macron and French First Lady Brigitte Macron are on a three-day visit to Germany with stops in Berlin, Dresden, Moritzburg and Münster. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
“Never have we had so many enemies at home as abroad,” Macron said, expressing an ultra-globalist view that nationalism undermines democracy and saying a “fight” was on to halt this process. He went on to warn that “a kind of interest in authoritarianism is emerging within our democracy.”
Macron laid out a list of European victories that would not have been possible “if nationalists were in power in Europe”, again pointing to achievements such as COVID-19 vaccines, “the decarbonization of the economy” and support for Ukraine’s defence, among others, all of which he took special interest in.
The French president also remarked, astonishingly, that if nationalists had run Europe in recent times, they would have “not been equipped to deal with the issue of migration.” The clear implication that open-border European federalists have some advantage over nationalists when it comes to border control speaks to Macron’s own perception of reality.
The speech comes against the backdrop of next week’s European Parliament elections, with more than 700 MPs up for election, where polls show the right is showing particularly strong support across Europe as attitudes towards globalisation sour and changing attitudes lead to growing skepticism about mass immigration.
Among those campaigning against Macron’s policies in France is Marion Maréchal, a politician from the Le Pen family who advocates the same policies as current politician Eric Zemmour. Maréchal has previously compared the French populist right’s stance to President Trump’s America First policy, and has advocated “France First” and “France for the French.” Such a stance is far removed from Macron’s worldview, which sees “nationalism” as a threat to democracy.
But Macron’s biggest rival in France is Marine Le Pen, Marion’s aunt, and while Macron has said he will debate her before next week’s vote, it is not yet clear whether that will happen.
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