The campaign for the European elections has taken off, and candidates are eager to present their ideas and programs to supporters.
Everyone criticizes the European institution, yet everyone wants to be part of it—some to improve what exists, others to topple the system and return to their beloved homeland!
Yesterday, it was the turn of Nicolas Dupont-Aignan and his associates to present themselves to the public in Nice.
About a hundred people attended despite the late hour. By the way, how can one be a champion of reinstating borders and not make a visit to the former border between France and Italy?
The head of the list for “Les Amoureux de la France” and president of “La France Debout” received, on this occasion, the visit and support of the former mayor of Nice, Jacques Peyrat.
Supported by several candidates, including three in eligible positions (Marie-Jo Zimmermann, former deputy and defector from LR, Bruno North, president of the micro-party allied with CNIP, and the highly publicized Stéphane Gibaud, the whistleblower who gained her fifteen minutes of fame during the UBS “scandal,” serving as number two and the list’s figurehead, along with two other candidates playing supporting roles), Nicolas Dupont-Aignan, a very comfortable orator, laid out his arguments, a mix of criticism of the national government’s policy—his support for the Yellow Vest movement targets “monarch” Macron—and the alleged authoritarian drift of the European Commission.
The defining feature of his list’s program is strongly nationalist: no to any form of federalism, leaving the voluntary convergence towards European projects to the states alone; opposition to any form of immigration and a return to national borders to preserve European civilization threatened by the massive immigration from African populations; dismantling the European budget.
The program strongly geared towards nationalism was put forward by the man who was considered to be Marine Le Pen’s Prime Minister if she had become President of the Republic. The alliance between the two did not survive the defeat, and each went their separate ways, but the shared ideas—apart from a few exceptions—remain common.
The list led by Nicolas Dupont-Aignan declares an alliance with the candidate lists from 23 other countries to use this common strength in the Strasbourg Parliament to support shared ideas.
United we stand—isn’t that so? But to unite the strength of each representative from this transnational archipelago to have an impact against traditional parties (EPP; Socialists, Social-Liberal), voters must first give this strength, and leadership must be created and accepted.
