The “freedom convoy” fits into the presidential campaign
Emmanuel Macron’s energy policy finds itself at the heart of the campaign on the eve of his expected announcements on the nuclear sector, with the Greens lambasting his choices « obsolete », and while the “freedom convoy” split the opposition.
The “freedom convoy”, which must “rolling on Paris” on Saturday to protest against the vaccine pass, inspired by the Canadian truckers blocking the center of the capital Ottawa, has already interfered in the campaign. They also want to protest the rising energy prices of recent months.
An interview in Release, another on LCI: the Greens candidate Yannick Jadot has increased his attacks on the president’s energy policy. It is a “obsolete choice and the choice of the fiasco”, he said, recalling the years of delay in the commissioning of the Flamanville EPR and the additional costs. He promises to “put the package on energy savings, deploy renewable energy, and gradually gradually close” nuclear power plants.
Marine Le Pen (RN) said Wednesday on Europe 1« include » the movement of “freedom convoys” opposed to the vaccine program, also calling on them to vote in the presidential election. “Wild globalization, without regulations, without limitations posed by political power to protect populations, has made our societies Pressure Cooker and the slightest event can blow the lid off”, she pointed out.
She assured that her support was not “no recovery” and invited “those who are outraged by the vaccination pass, by the terrible rise in the [prix du] fuel » to « vote ». “To show anger, yes of course, to alert the power, yes of course, but when the time comes, and this is once every five years, (…) it is the presidential election, it is at this moment that the main directions of our country are really decided. »
For his part, the leader of the Les Républicains deputies, Damien Abad, said on Franceinfo that he does not “did not believe in violence, oukases. This convoy of freedoms is sometimes unfortunately a convoy of oppression”.