Tara Varma is convinced that Macron should go to Kyiv immediately in the company of German Chancellor Scholz.
Emmanuel Macron won the French presidential election by a wide margin, gaining 58.8% of the vote. The turnout was slightly lower than in the first round – 72%. Macron became the first president to be re-elected after a five-year term in 2002.
Head of the Paris office of the European Council on Foreign Relations ( ECFR ) Tara Varma in ZN.UA said Macron's main task would be to create a sense of cohesion in an extremely fragmented country, where far-right candidates received 41% of the vote. She stressed that Marine Le Pen would do everything possible to use his result in the June parliamentary elections.
“After an extremely intense two-week campaign during which the Republican Front seems to have revived, most political parties are now looking at the parliamentary elections in June,” Varma said. >
The political reconfiguration that began five years ago will now be completed as new alliances emerge.
The ultra-left, led by Melenchon and La France Insoumise (LFI), is seeking a major left-wing alliance with the Greens (EELV), the Communist Party (PCF) and the Socialist Party (PS). On the other side of the political spectrum, there is more ambiguity: some right-wingers have already joined Macron, but others will have to decide whether to join Eric Zemmur or form another great right-wing party, “the expert added.
What does Macron's victory mean for Europe?
Varma says Macron's victory means an ambitious project for Europe. The President of France will advocate the doubling of European sovereignty: in the field of technology, defense, combating economic pressure.
“He also needs to ensure the success of France's current EU presidency. It ends on June 30, and a conference on the Western Balkans will be held in the near future, which will allow us to begin rethinking the EU's enlargement policy, “she added.
She believes that Macron “will have to take on the mantle of European diplomatic leadership again.”
“In his triumphant speech, he mentioned Ukraine. He must travel immediately to Kyiv with Chancellor Olaf Scholz to demonstrate Europe's support for Ukraine. Now Macron needs to adjust his method when it comes to protecting his European agenda. It must strive to create a more inclusive, participatory Europe, “Varma said.
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