He campaigned on pro-business and pro-European policies, a risky move when a populist wave recently swept Donald Trump into the White House and led Britain to vote to leave the European Union would also carry her to France’s presidential Elysee Palace.
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“Targeted attacks against members of the Jewish community in recent years… demonstrate that anti-Semitism is not a curse of the past, but is a threat and a reality in Europe”, the Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly said last year.
“But support doesn’t necessarily translate into a nomination”.
Manuel Valls, the Socialist former prime minister who has angered his own party by saying he backs Macron, was told on Wednesday that he could not count on being sponsored by the Macron camp in the June ballot.
Launay, who spent 19 years as a Socialist lawmaker before joining forces with Macron’s party, dismissed concerns over the lack of political experience of the novice candidates.
And unlike his adversary Marine Le Pen, Macron supports remaining in the European Union, which is important for “the circulation of brains and ideas”, according to nine directors of French scientific research institutes who wrote a letter to Agence France Presse, Science reported April 28.
Meanwhile, as part of the continuing changes in French politics, top Socialist Hamon announced that he will launch new leftwing movement.
“I warmly congratulate Emmanuel Macron on his success and I look forward to working with him on a wide range of shared priorities”, she said.
“The first act of the recasting of our political life ended yesterday with the accession of Emmanuel Macron to the presidency of the Republic”, Ferrand said. It’s unclear what that means, but her party’s interim president told reporters that the party would re-name itself and attempt to build on the momentum created during the presidential election.
A cheering crowd of Macron’s supporters gathered in front of the Louvre Museum in central Paris for a series of celebrate programs.
She promised to oppose the new president’s policies in the upcoming elections for the legislature in June.
Macron’s defeated presidential rival Marine Le Pen has also signalled a need to adapt.
Socialist President Francois Hollande is due to formally hand over power on Sunday to Macron at an Elysee Palace ceremony at which he will be accompanied in all likelihood by his wife and future First Lady, Brigitte Macron.
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With his overwhelming victory, France served notice to its neighbours in Europe and the world at large that it was not ready to join the nationalist bandwagon rippling through Western democracies as evident in the United Kingdom’s Brexit and the United State’s election of President Donald Trump. “The party never won so high”, said political scientist Nonna Mayer, a specialist on far right movements.
