President Emmanuel Macron promised to put the environment at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend, in a speech in southern ...
Macron's speech in Marseille was a pitch to young and left-wing votersPARIS - President Emmanuel Macron promised to put the environment at the heart of his government if he is re-elected next weekend, in a speech in southern France on Saturday designed to appeal to young and green-minded voters.
"I hear the anxiety that exists in a lot of our young people. I see young people, adolescents, who are fearful about the future of our planet," Macron told the rally. The speech was a clear pitch to the young and left-wing voters who backed Melenchon and Greens nominee Yannick Jadot in the first round who will be crucial in the second round on April 24.Macron accused Le Pen of being"a climate change sceptic", attacking her for proposing to dismantle wind turbines, which she views as costly, inefficient eyesores.
"This is the only way of ensuring that everyone talks a bit about climate change," said Antoine, a young Extinction Rebellion activist who declined to give his surname.Le Pen meanwhile was touring the village of Saint Remy-sur-Avre, about an hour and half's drive west of the capital, where she came top in last weekend's first round.
Rallies backed by trade unions against the far-right were staged in major cities on Saturday. Nearly 23,000 people turned out for the demonstrations, according to interior ministry estimates: 150,000 according to the rallies' organisers. But"we need to resolve the problem of women who are obliged to wear it under pressure from Islamists", she said."We are speaking to all the French," she told a rally in the southern city of Avignon on Thursday evening. "We hold out a firm hand but one of friendship and respect."
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