French president says far-right are ‘hidden Brexiteers’ who want to destroy the EU without saying so
, has described European nationalists as “hidden Brexiteers” selling the public the “same lies” as those who campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union.with the Economist, Macron said the only way to stop the rise of nationalism was by “being bold enough not to think that their rise is inevitable”.
He was speaking weeks before European elections in June in which the far-right Rassemblement National is expected to win with a crushing majority against Macron’s centrist Renaissance party. It is not alone: across the 27-member bloc, most polls predict the biggest gains for the far-right Identity and Democracy group in the European parliament, which includes Germany’s Alternative für Deutschland and Italy’s Lega.as in Europe, is the spirit of defeat.
Pointing to the effect of Britain’s decision to leave the EU, he added: “Brexit has impoverished the United Kingdom. Brexit has done nothing to solve immigration in the UK. Well, despite that, some people think it doesn’t look so bad, but nobody dares to say that anything is wrong. And so nobody is taking responsibility for anything.”
“So I say to Europeans: Wake up. Wake up! They are hidden Brexiteers. All European nationalists are hidden Brexiteers. It’s all the same lies. In the end, it’s the same results. And make no mistake. If you entrust the keys to people who think like they do, there is no reason why Europe should become a great power. No reason at all.”
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