In France, today is the day the debate takes place in the National Assembly on aid to Ukraine. Yes and for Release this is the opportunity for Emmanuel Macron, 3 months before the European elections, to place the question of Ukraine at the heart of the electoral campaign. The head of state will try to obtain a hypothetical consensus. “The Elysée in search of an armistice“, headlines the French daily with the debate. “But the session promises to be complicated“, warns Libé. Opposition parties are panicking over the president’s supposed warmongering since he said he might not rule out sending troops to Ukraine.
“Either the executive obtains a consensus, or the chamber is divided… But in this case“, the daily predicts once more, “the majority will not hesitate to accuse the opposition of playing into Putin’s hands“. Starting with the far right of Marine Le Pen whose score in the European elections is increasingly worrying the presidential majority. According to the newspaper The world, the National Rally is now credited with 31% of voting intentions in the polls. Not enough to reassure the President’s camp. Nothing now seems to stop the far-right which is mobilizing, poll following poll, an increasingly large electorate.
