Invited on TF1 on April 14, the former President of the Republic François Hollande called for a vote on April 24 in the second round of the presidential election for his former Minister of the Economy, Emmanuel Macron, “ given the challenge ». « The main thing is France and its cohesion “, as well as ” its European future “, he hammered, adding that the election of Marine le Pen would call into question the ” principles ” and the ” values ” of the Republic.
In a presidential election, the stake is France. Its cohesion, its European future and its independence. I call on the French, given what is at stake, to vote for Emmanuel Macron. pic.twitter.com/utTCV5PkZ9
— Francois Hollande (@fhollande) April 14, 2022
At the European level, “ everything she offers […] would be an opportunity for our partners to say “you have to get out” of the European Union, with consequences on the euro that everyone knows “, he warned. In addition, the former head of state also deplored that the election of the candidate of the National Rally would harm the ” alliance system of France as well as its membership in NATO’s integrated command. The opportunity also for him to thrash the foreign policy of Marine le Pen who “ considers that Vladimir Putin’s Russia, the one currently massacring in Ukraine, is a possible ally ».
« Whatever the reluctance, anger and reservations that many may have, it is the Macron vote that allows Marine Le Pen not to win “said François Hollande, alluding to Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Believing that there is no other possible choice than to put in the ballot box the bulletin “Emmanuel Macron”, the “ not a single voice for Marine le Pen would be insufficient according to him. This is why, to help his victory, he recommends that the president-candidate adopt several postures with regard to potential voters: The first is an attitude, a behavior, the sense of dialogue, of appeasement, of consideration “. And to add about the pension reform project carried out by the outgoing president: “ And then on the question of retirement, of knowing that there is no project that is tied up in advance, that there will be the meeting with the social partners, [une] consultation of the living forces, of the citizens if necessary ».
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As a reminder, Emmanuel Macron was Deputy Secretary General of the Élysée Palace then Minister of the Economy during François Hollande’s five-year term. He had left the government at the end of August 2016 to embark on the presidential adventure of 2017.
On Tuesday April 12, the former head of state who preceded François Hollande, Nicolas Sarkozy, also called for a vote for Emmanuel Macron, arguing his ” necessary experience ” in the context of the management of the Ukrainian crisis and its ” clear and unambiguous European commitment ». « Loyalty to the values of the Republican right and to our culture of government must lead us to respond to Emmanuel Macron’s call for a rally “, he added.
— Nicolas Sarkozy (@NicolasSarkozy) April 12, 2022
« I thank him for his trust and his support. », « it honors me and it obliges me “, reacted Tuesday noon Emmanuel Macron, during a trip to Mulhouse, saying think” that must be gathered very widely ».