The referendum in Great Britain on whether to leave the European Union, beyond its conclusion and future consequences, opens the debate in France and will be one of the major issues in the upcoming elections, where opposing positions and supporting arguments will clash.
The testimonies below are just the beginning. The debates will follow!
Laurent LANQUAR-CASTIEL (EELV): “The Europe (of nations) is dead… long live the (federal) Europe! The Europe of Nation-States is over, and this is a sign that all governments should understand, as they continuously blame Europe, even though they are the ones who shape it. We must transition from the Europe of nations to a federal Europe: a people’s Europe of all the peoples who want to build the European ideal.”
Philippe VARDON (FN): This “Brexit” harshly punishes the headlong rush of a European Union that has betrayed its founding principles and has failed in all its promises. Was the EU supposed to protect our companies and economy? It rejects any form of protectionism. Was the EU supposed to protect our jobs? It imposes posted workers. Was the EU supposed to strengthen our common security? Its “borders” are porous, allowing Islamist terrorists to enter among the masses of migrants.
It is a bitter but clear-sighted assessment that must now allow us to rebuild a union of European nations, based on free cooperation among fraternal, yet sovereign and free peoples. The “Brexit” opens a new path.
