Luxembourg politicians welcome Macron’s re-election
Relief is in order among the Luxembourg political class. Some officials have been part of their emotions on social networks, following the results of the second round of the French presidential election.
French presidential election
Relief is in order among the Luxembourg political class. Some officials have been part of their emotions on social networks, following the results of the second round of the French presidential election.
“And one, and two, and five more years!” On the Champ-de-Mars, a galvanized crowd chants slogans in honor of the re-election of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron as he prepares to make his speech. Songs that seem to find an echo, nearly 400km further, in Luxembourg, where politicians are, it seems unanimously, happy with the victory of the French politician against his rival, Marine Le Pen.
Xavier Bettel (DP) seems to have prepared his tweet. The message, posted at 8 p.m. sharp, time of publication of the first official estimates in the French media, greets a “colleague and friend”. The Luxembourg Prime Minister had personally shown his support for the outgoing president during a public meeting organized in Strasbourg. This Sunday, April 24, Xavier Bettel said to himself “Happy to be able to continue working with Emmanuel Macron”, confirmed the candidate’s “democratic values”, as well as the “common European project” which binds them.
Europe is one of the arguments that tips the scales in favor of Macron in the heart of Luxembourg politicians, according to their tweets posted during the evening. The president of the DP party, Corinne Cahen, thus let out a “phew” on the social network, followed by the message “Long live Europe, long live democracy”.
“Many challenges await Macron”
“Tonight’s winner is EUROPE,” said Yves Cruchten, leader of the LSAP parliamentary group. A few days ago, the deputy had indicated that Marine Le Pen could change the name of her party as many times, but that “behind the facade it always remained the same thing”.
This “phew” of relaxation that Corinne Cahen pushed was also heard on the side of the deputy Djuna Bernard (Déi Gréng). The parliamentarian indicated on Twitter that she was relieved by the results of the presidential elections, even if “The percentage of Le Pen voters is not worried”. In the eyes of the politician, it is now “many challenges” that await the re-elected president.
” Relief. Still”, also concedes Nathalie Oberweis (déi Lénk). “But disillusionment too,” adds the MP. A positioning that may not surprise, on the part of the elected left. As a reminder, a few days before the second round, the former deputy David Wagner (Déi Lenk) had for his part indicated that he would have, without much conviction, voted for Emmanuel Macron.
Finally the MP Pirate Sven Clement described the first estimates of the results of this second round of the presidential election as being “A vote of reason but not of heart”.
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