Valérie Hayer praises the record of the European Parliament and attacks Raphaël Glucksmann
In addition to the controversy over the photo where she poses with ultra-right activists, the Macronist candidate was also questioned on RTL about the difficulties encountered during this campaign, in particular facing the head of the National Rally list, Jordan Bardella, in the lead polls, and the socialist candidate, Raphaël Glucksmann, who hopes to get ahead of her.
“Are there mornings when you say to yourself, what did I do in this mess? »asked RTL journalist Amandine Begot at the start of the interview.
“I have strong European convictions and I am determined to assert our record since we have worked for five years in the European Parliament and I am deeply determined to fight the extreme right”replied Mme Hayer, seeing this European election as “identity elections” for the Macronist camp. The MEP notably praised the record of the European Parliament during the last legislature, on the question of purchasing power and energy.
“We negotiated the recovery plan which saved hundreds of thousands of jobs in Franceshe argued. These are traders, craftsmen, restaurateurs, shoemakers who have not gone out of business. » She also defended the development of nuclear power, “which is a carbon-free energy and which will obviously allow us to have affordable electricity prices”. Before attacking the head of the list of the Socialist Party and Place publique, Raphaël Glucksmann, who is getting closer to her in the polls, over the course of this campaign: “I see in my left-wing competitor, to say the least, ambiguity and a clear absence of support and vote for the development of nuclear energy. So that too is an element of differentiation. »
The candidate from the presidential camp also attacked the National Rally project, which has so far topped all the polls. “They propose to renationalize the common agricultural policy. They are proposing to leave the European energy market. They propose to restore borders within the European Union itself. It’s an unaccepted Frexit”denounced Mme Hayer.