The French Government withdrew this Sunday the flag of the European Union that had been flying under the Arc de Triomphe since Friday to inaugurate the French presidency in the Council of the EU, a decision that could be related to pressure from far-right Marine Le Pen.
Last Friday, to celebrate the beginning of the six months of the presidency of France in the Council of the EU, the French flag that flies over the grave of the unknown soldier in tribute to those who died in the First World War was temporarily replaced by the European.
An act that aroused Le Pen’s anger and later of the other candidate of the extreme right in the next elections, Eric Zemmour, and the representative of the traditional right, Valerie Pécresse, which also joined the criticism. Le Pen, backed up online by numerous outraged Internet users, even threatened to appeal to the Council of State.
The Elysee has denial the emblem has been removed early and he assures that he only had to stay the nights of December 31 and January 1, but sources close to the presidency assured the BFM TV chain that the controversy has advanced his uninstallation.
“A beautiful patriotic victory at the start of 2022! The Government has been forced to withdraw the flag of the European Union from the Arc de Triomphe, “he celebrated this Sunday on Twitter Le Pen, which in the voting intention polls disputes the third place with Zemmour.
On Friday, after the president’s speech Emmanuel Macron With the traditional New Year’s resolutions, the Eiffel Tower and the Elysee were illuminated with the colors and flag of the EU, and for a week other monuments of the country will also be dressed in European blue.
Macron has defended that his objective in these six months will be to achieve a more sovereign Europe, with greater control of its borders and its own defense and an economic model that reconciles growth with the preservation of the planet.
But the celebration of presidential election in April they threaten to block to a large extent the ambition shown by the French for the EU.
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