The duel between Gabriel Attal and Jordan Bardella intensified further this Tuesday morning.
Invited on RTL at the Agricultural Show this Tuesday, the Prime Minister accused the National Rally (RN) of being directly involved in the clashes between farmers and Emmanuel Macron on Saturday.
“What we saw on Saturday was some people using this anger to sow a form of chaos.
The National Rally is probably exploiting certain union forces
,” said the head of government.
“What we also said was that among those who tried to disrupt Saturday, there were clearly not only farmers
,” he added cautiously.
Gabriel Attal also wanted to differentiate farmers, “
always up to their responsibilities
”, from
“leaders of chaos”
.
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The RN, “stowaway” of the agricultural crisis
Continuing his attack against the flame party, the main opponent of the majority in the European elections, the Prime Minister accused
“the National Rally and Marine Le Pen first and foremost”
of being
“the stowaways of this agricultural crisis”.
According to the tenant of Matignon, the frontist troops
“wait for the crisis to awaken, and then they come to ponder this crisis, to explain that they have all the solutions.”
And to criticize the RN's record on the agricultural issue:
“Ms. Le Pen, she has been elected for more than 20 years.
The National Rally has 40 years of experience in the European Parliament.
[...] Is there a proposed resolution, a proposed amendment, a question on the issue facing our farmers?"
, he pretends to question.
A week earlier, Gabriel Attal had challenged the leader of the RN deputies to debate with him on the subject of agriculture.
Marine Le Pen, “
uncomfortable
” on the issue according to the Prime Minister, referred him to Jordan Bardella.
An offer refused by the head of government.
“The proposal that was made to me was that he debate with me as head of the list for the Europeans.
I am not head of the list for the European elections, I am prime minister
,” he explained on Tuesday.