Emmanuel Macron condemned Monday the questioning of European law, "
old French disease
", in allusion to attacks in this direction of several presidential candidates for 2022 including Valérie Pécresse and Michel Barnier on the right.
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"
I am astonished to remain modest, to see that as soon as there is a problem we return to this old French disease which consists in saying: it is Europe
", texts "
signed, then ratified sovereignly
".
"
What is this business?"
We must therefore defend them,
”he said, opening the Estates General of Justice.
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