The president of France, Emmanuel Macronhas assured that the electoral advance announced on Sunday represents “a democratic response” to the current political situation in the country, although he has called it “absurd” that he himself could resign after the historic rise of the extreme right in the European Parliament elections, which have led to a political earthquake on multiple fronts.

The elections represent, according to Macron, “a democratic response” to the “blockade” in the National Assembly and to what happened on Sunday at the polls: “Our compatriots expressed their concerns on security, immigration, purchasing power,” explained the president, who assumed during a press conference that in a scenario like the current one, “changes in government or coalitions” were not enough.

Not calling legislative elections, he alleged, would have been “irresponsible”, to the extent that he still sees room to collect the “anger” raised by citizens and contain the rise of parties such as the National Group, which has already confirmed that it will present its leader, Jordan Bardella, as a candidate for prime minister. The far-right party received more than 30 percent of the votes in the European elections.

“I don’t want to give the keys to power to the extreme right in 2027”Macron has asserted, alluding to the theoretical date of the next presidential elections, for which he has tried to vindicate his party as the only moderate option within the current accelerated reconfiguration of alliances.

Criticism of left and right alliances

The French president has taken the opportunity to place his political movement, Renaissance, at the center, launching harsh criticism towards the alliances sealed on the left and the right. Macron has estimated that, since Sunday, “the masks have fallen.” The traditional right, the Republican Party, has agreed to ally with Le Pen’s Rebellious France, what Macron sees as an alliance “against nature in the two extremes that do not agree on anything”: “Some support Ukraine and others Russia, what are they going to decide about Ukraine, about energy?”, he blurted out. “Their alliances are a kind of broccola for the current situation but not for governing,” he stated.

He hopes that the elections of June 30 and July 7 will lay the foundations for “a common, sincere and useful project for the country”, within a speech in which he has appealed to both voters and political leaders. who do not feel identified with the extremist fever”, after the crisis unleashed in Los Republicanos after the proposed alliance with the National Agrupation.