“Jean-Luc Mélenchon prime minister never, first mytho, always”, launches Sébastien Chenu
The spokesperson for the National Rally (RN) was the guest of “4 Truths” on France 2 this morning. MP for Pas-de-Calais and candidate for re-election, Sébastien Chenu notably returned to the words of Emmanuel Macron from the tarmac of a military base in Romania. “When we see him on the tarmac talking about French politics, he derogates from a republican rule which means that we do our laundry with the family and that we don’t talk about political politics in a foreign country. It’s totally out of place. We don’t talk about internal politics in a foreign country.he repeated.
Mr. Chenu was then asked if the Head of State’s trip to Ukraine was a way of putting himself to his advantage during this legislative campaign. “It is more the interest of the nation which is at stake, replied the far-right elected official. For the rest, Emmanuel Macron did not want a legislative campaign, he turned off the campaign. There was no substantive debate and, as a result, there were a lot of abstentions. »
Asked whether the RN could obtain more than one hundred deputies in the National Assembly, the deputy replied: “Yes it is possible and desirable. The reality is that the RN is the first party and the first opposition party. We increase our score. We went from 13 to 19%, Emmanuel Macron fell and the left remained stable in terms of numbers. »
He also harshly criticized the Nupes leader: “Jean-Luc Mélenchon cannot become prime minister. This kind of mythomania to tell that he can become Prime Minister is today a grotesque fable. He’s the last to believe ithe said. Jean-Luc Mélenchon Prime Minister, never, Jean-Luc Mélenchon first mytho, always. He will not be prime minister. Voting Nupes no longer makes sense, by definition. »
For Mr. Chenu, the RN “Maybe the surprise of the second round”. “We sent two hundred candidates to the second round, therefore potentially two hundred elected to the National Assembly. If we arrive with a powerful group in the National Assembly, we will be able to counter Emmanuel Macron because we will block him in a certain number of debates, especially if he does not have an absolute majority, as it seems to have started.he pointed out. When we have a group, we can make proposals (…). We will seize the 5.5% VAT on energy and we will see who votes for it and [on] will also offer 0% VAT on basic necessities. »
The RN spokesperson was also asked why the presidential majority puts the RN and Nupes back to back. “The reality is that there is a threat from the extreme left in the country. Melenchon [est le] magnifying mirror by Emmanuel Macron (…). It is difficult to be an opponent when you have elected Emmanuel Macron”, he estimated.
Regarding the strong abstention, the candidate for his re-election to the National Assembly called the youngest to the polls: “If we are not there, if there is no RN deputy and there are far left deputies, for five years, we will eat Emmanuel Macron’s entire program in its entirety. »