{"id":358592,"date":"2024-05-06T14:35:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T12:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eunews.it\/2024\/05\/06\/francia-dibattito-parlamento-ue\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T16:54:50","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T14:54:50","slug":"in-france-the-first-debate-between-candidates-for-the-european-parliament-elections-lights-up-the-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/05\/06\/in-france-the-first-debate-between-candidates-for-the-european-parliament-elections-lights-up-the-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"In France, the first debate between candidates for the European Parliament elections lights up the campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brussels &#8211; From European defense to green transition via immigration and the economic trade war against China. Two hours of debate on the hottest issues of the election campaign, with all the players battling it out on programs and viewpoints. Ahead of the upcoming\u00a0<strong>European elections (June 6-9) in France, the main parties faced off live on television. <\/strong>\u00a0Participating were the leaders of the seven major parties: <strong>Jordan Bardella<\/strong> (Rassemblement national), <strong>Val\u00e9rie Hayer<\/strong> (Renaissance), <strong>Rapha\u00ebl Glucksmann<\/strong> (Parti socialiste), <strong>Manon Aubry<\/strong> (La France insoumise), <strong>Marie Toussaint<\/strong> (Les Ecologistes), <strong>Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Bellamy<\/strong> (Les R\u00e9publicains), and <strong>Marion Mar\u00e9chal<\/strong> (Reconqu\u00eate!).<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Grand jury - Europ\u00e9ennes 2024 : le grand d\u00e9bat | \u00c9v\u00e8nement - 05\/05\/2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Vl1QApX8--E?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3 id='the-debate-on-the-european-army'  id=\"boomdevs_1\">The debate on the European army<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Lighting up the confrontation was the question about the <strong>possible creation of a European army, given the challenges France and the European Union are facing<\/strong> after Russia invaded\u00a0Ukraine. The two radical right-wing parties &#8211; Marion Mar\u00e9chal of Reconqu\u00eate (\u00c9ric Zemmour&#8217;s party) and Jordan Bardella of Marine Le Pen&#8217;s Rassemblement National &#8212; are against this hypothesis for different reasons. The possibility of future disengagement in defense matters by the United States, in light\u00a0of a possible election of Donald Trump, united all the other would-be MEPs in supporting the need for a European army. Marie Toussaint, an MEP\u00a0in this legislature for the Greens\/ALE, told Bardella, &#8220;You want a stronger France and a weaker Europe, but this way you will get a weak France without allies.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">From the European military, the discussion turned to the two ongoing wars: Ukraine and Gaza. In this regard, Bardella had to defend himself against attacks from other exponents for his positions deemed unclear, if not openly pro-Russian. Also inflaming tempers was the confirmation in the Rassemblement National&#8217;s electoral lists of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ladepeche.fr\/2024\/03\/14\/europeennes-qui-est-thierry-mariani-amities-russes-enquetes-liste-noire-6-choses-a-savoir-sur-le-porte-voix-du-rn-11825414.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thierry Mariani<\/a><\/strong>, former MEP for ID (Identity and Democracy), accused of being a staunch pro-Russian and having supported various authoritarian regimes, including that of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.<\/p>\n<h3 id='different-views-for-a-greener-europe'  id=\"boomdevs_2\">Different views for a greener Europe<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_358506\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-358506\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dibattito-Fra-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-358506\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dibattito-Fra-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dibattito Francia\" width=\"501\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dibattito-Fra-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dibattito-Fra-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dibattito-Fra-2-750x422.jpg 750w, https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Dibattito-Fra-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-358506\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the top, from left to right: Marion Mar\u00e9chal (Reconqu\u00eate! \/ ECR), Manon Aubry (La France insoumise \/The Left), Val\u00e9rie Hayer (Renaissance \/ Renew). In basso Rapha\u00ebl Glucksmann (Parti socialiste \/ S&amp;D), Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Bellamy (Les R\u00e9publicains \/ PPE), Marie Toussaint (Les Ecologistes \/ Verdi\/Ale) e Jordan Bardella (Rassemblement National \/ ID)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">The most hotly debated issue has been the <strong>EU-imposed ban\u00a0on\u00a0selling\u00a0cars with combustion engines starting in 2035<\/strong>. For radical right-wing parties, this choice is suicidal and will affect both French families and the automobile industry in the country. Even for Republican Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Bellamy, an MEP in the European People&#8217;s Party, the stop is not functional in achieving the goal of reducing emissions: &#8220;If anything, the question is to figure out how to get other countries in the world out of carbonization.&#8221; In favor, in various forms, the other parties, with Marie Toussaint calling for the introduction of a <strong>reduced VAT for goods that are good for health and the environment<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Another sticking point between the candidates was agriculture. Bardella accused the EU of introducing increasingly stringent regulations for farmers, making their work too complicated. Also under indictment was the <strong>EU&#8217;s &#8216;Farm to the Fork&#8217;\u00a0<\/strong>program for a more environmentally friendly agriculture, which, according to some, brought to an agricultural decline. In contrast, Val\u00e9rie Hayer, MEP for Renew, stressed that the new regulations help protect the ecosystem and, in the end,\u00a0farmers as they are the most affected by climate change.<\/p>\n<h3 id='the-clash-on-migration'  id=\"boomdevs_3\">The clash on migration<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">Marion Mar\u00e9chal began the debate by calling for a halt to immigration, recalling that in France, &#8220;we have already had a Bataclan, and now the Dgse (French intelligence services ed.) has warned about possible terrorist infiltration among refugees.&#8221; In addition, the two radical right parties highlighted the <strong>need to find agreements with departure states for the return of those who migrate illegally<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\">On the opposite side of the spectrum was the criticism of the migration system by Manon Aubry, an MEP in the Left Group,\u00a0according to whom it is &#8220;<strong>inhumane and ineffective because it has turned our Mediterranean Sea into an open-air graveyard<\/strong>&#8221; while also accusing Frontex of being &#8220;an agency of death at the Union&#8217;s borders.&#8221; Rapha\u00ebl Glucksmann, MEP for the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&amp;D) accused Bardella of talking about migration issues ideologically, decontextualizing reality, as in a TikTok video: &#8220;You are like your friend Meloni, who campaigned by advocating a zero immigration program and a naval blockade, but once she came to power what did she do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 id='china-s-economic-challenge'  id=\"boomdevs_4\">China&#8217;s economic challenge<\/h3>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px;\"><strong>The need to return to manufacturing in Europe<\/strong> united all those present at the debate, but the recipes are very different. Having industries capable of supporting the effort of green and digital transitions is crucial, which is why the development of some key sectors such as solar panel production or microchips cannot be left to China. Speaking of China, the issue on civil rights did not go unmentioned either. The representative of the Socialist Party, Rapha\u00ebl Glucksmann, recalled the state of slavery of the <strong>Uyghurs<\/strong> claiming that the Macron government forgot them during <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/2024\/05\/03\/macron-prepares-to-welcome-xi-jinping-and-von-der-leyen-new-round-of-talks-after-beijing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the meeting with Chinese President <strong>Xi Jinping<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>European army, green transition, immigration, and the economic challenge to China were the main issues addressed. Jordan Bardella, a member of Rassemblement national, had to defend himself against attacks from other parties who accused him of being pro-Russian and populist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7870,"featured_media":358549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"0","show_view_counter":"0","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"1","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"","hide":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25681],"tags":[26782,26748,26261,27767,27768,27769,27770,27771,27772,26540],"class_list":["post-358592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-european202424-en","tag-european24-en","tag-francia-en","tag-francois-xavier-bellamy-en","tag-jordan-bardella-en","tag-manon-aubry-en","tag-marie-toussaint-en","tag-marion-marechal-en","tag-raphael-glucksmann-en","tag-valerie-hayer-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7870"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358592"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359153,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358592\/revisions\/359153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.eunews.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}