The PS-Place publique candidate for the Europeans Raphaël Glucksmann criticized on Saturday the votes of the Macronists in the European Parliament and the positions taken by Emmanuel Macron.
“He is incapable of prioritizing the general interest over powerful particular interests and pursues a policy in the service of the richest and strongest in our society
,” declared the MEP in an interview with the Journal.info website.
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He cites several examples such as a version of the directive against the slavery of Uighurs
“watered down”
by Emmanuel Macron
“at the request of Medef”
, or his opposition to the
“social democratic directive for the protection of workers on the Uber and Deliveroo platforms”
.
“We find a similar attitude on the taxation of super profits and the highest assets on a European scale
,” he criticizes, also evoking
“everything related to fiscal justice, social justice or ambition of an ecological transition”
.
“This president blocks social progress”
The head of the Macronist list in the June 9 elections, Valérie Hayer, had called on Raphaël Glucksmann's voters to vote for her, ensuring that the latter voted
"at 90%"
like the Renew group that she chairs.
An assertion contested by Raphaël Gluksmann.
If he voted 80% like Renew during the last mandate, the 20% which distinguishes him from the Macronists include the social question or the Common Agricultural Policy, at the heart of the issues of these elections.
“We do not know enough that this president, who claims to be the most pro-European, whose supporters wave European flags in meetings, is in reality blocking the social progress made by the social democrats in the European institutions
,” he insists. he in the interview.
He explains that during the negotiation with
“the European Commission”
of the directive on the production and deliveries of munitions to Ukraine,
“Paris removed from the text all prioritization to be able to continue deliveries... to the United Arab Emirates, to Qatar and Saudi Arabia.
And please the arms manufacturers who want to continue their old contracts with their old friends.”