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Séjourné (here in January 2024) launches an appeal to the RN and LFI before the debate on Ukraine in the Assembly
POLITICS – Beware of divisions. The head of French diplomacy Stéphane Séjourné calls on the political class for national unity on support for Ukraine while a debate, followed by a vote, must soon be organized in Parliament on the issue.
“ Let’s avoid dividing ourselves on this subject,” launches the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the columns of the World this Saturday, March 2, targeting the “ oppositions of the pro-Ukrainian bloc », notably the National Rally and France Insoumise. “ We have nothing to gain from a national controversy over aid to Ukraine and I invite everyone to realize that what is happening in Ukraine concerns us all “, he still assures.
In this context, Stéphane Séjourné pleads for “ a broad consensus beyond partisan divisions », a few days before the meeting between party leaders and Emmanuel Macron at the Élysée. A sort of national union impossible since the first days of the war.
Wishful thinking?
Just recently, the oppositions did not hold back from criticizing the positions taken by the head of state, who affirmed on Monday not to rule out a possible sending of Western military personnel to Ukraine in the future.
The leader of La France insoumise Jean-Luc Mélenchon, for example, denounced a “belligerent verbal escalation” And “irresponsible”while the president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella accused Emmanuel Macron of ” loose the temper “.
Also judging that a war with Russia would be a “madness”the first secretary of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, had asked the president “a meeting with the leaders of political parties”. A big rally scheduled for Thursday March 7 in the morning at the Élysée, in the format of “Saint-Denis meetings. »
It should precede the debate which must take place in Parliament on the question of support for kyiv at the request of Emmanuel Macron, the date of which has not yet been set. The Élysée actually announced on Tuesday, the day after the president’s statements castigated by the opposition, that the government would, under article 50-1 of the Constitution, make a declaration before Parliament “relating to the bilateral security agreement concluded with Ukraine. »
This speech will be followed by a debate and a vote which, failing to establish the unity of the country on the issue, will turn into a “moment of truth” for the oppositions, in the words of the government spokesperson. Prisca Thevenot. So that ” the French can know who defends whom. »
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