Scholz, who acknowledged that the result of the general elections was a cause for concern, said he was with the democrats in France and was doing everything possible to “protect” Europe from “far-right populists.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed concern Wednesday about the outcome of Sunday’s general election in France, saying he hoped the far right would not form a majority.
Let’s vote in France on Sunday. And Yet another election whose outcome could cause concern”, said the German leader, in a brief speech at the summer party of the Social Democratic parliamentary group (SPD), in Berlin.
“We have already seen this in many other European countries. In the Netherlands, where the government lost its nerve and called new elections. That did not end well,” he added.
Scholz hopes that a far-right majority will not form in France after the second round of parliamentary elections.
“We are with our colleagues who are doing everything possible to prevent this from happening. We are with all the democrats of France,” he said in his brief speech.
Dear friends, let’s do everything “So that together we can protect our great and beautiful Europe and not let right-wing populists take over,” the German socialist leader appealed.
France will hold the second round of legislative elections next year.
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In the first round, the National Union (RN) was the party with the most votes, with 33% of the votes, ahead of the left-wing coalition New Front Popular (NFP, 28.5%) and the centrist Together for the Republic, which is part of President Emmanuel Macron’s party (22%).
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The French legislative elections, which are due to take place only in 2027, were unexpectedly called by Emmanuel Macron, after the defeat of his party (Renascimento) and the sharp rise of the National Union (far-right) in the elections for the European Parliament on 9 June.
Source: Observadora
