Emmanuel Macron proposed a "pause" in European environmental regulation. Arnaud Danjean could not help but see it as new proof of a double discourse.

"For three years, on these issues, Macronist MEPs have been voting exactly the opposite of what Emmanuel Macron says or writes," he says. The latest dates back to 10 May 2023: during a plenary debate requested by the EPP to denounce the excessive constraints on farmers, the Macronists oppose the right and "defend instead a full application of the Green Deal"