2024-01-05 07:20:11
On the evening of December 31, this PS executive almost spat out his oysters when he heard Emmanuel Macron call, during his televised wishes, “to choose a stronger, more sovereign Europe, in light of the legacy of Jacques Delors” during the European elections next June. Four days earlier, after the death of the former Minister of the Socialist Economy and former President of the European Commission at the age of 98, the Head of State had already published a long message of condolences. “Recovering the legacy of Delors and Le Pen at the same time: Macron risks quite a stretch,” quips the socialist, in reference to the highly contested immigration law adopted painfully on December 19.
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While the Head of State will preside over a national tribute to Jacques Delors this Friday at Les Invalides during which he will deliver a eulogy, some socialists clearly fear a recovery operation. Many heads of state and government, including Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as well as leaders of community institutions are expected at the ceremony, which was prepared with the PS mayor of Lille and daughter of Jacques Delors, Martine Aubry, who will not speak. According to his entourage, the President of the Republic will emphasize that “France would not have remained a sovereign power in Europe as we know it today without Jacques Delors”.
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