Presidential 2022: Blanquer warns against “the arrival of the far right”, Aliot rejects the term – Le Figaro

The RN mayor of Perpignan Louis Aliot replies to the Minister of Education that “the far right is residual” in France and in no way corresponds to his party. Three days before the debate between the two rounds, the duels between supporters of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen continue. Guests of the RTL-Le Figaro-LCI Grand Jury on Sunday, the Minister of National Education, Jean-Michel Blanquer, and the RN mayor of Perpignan, Louis Aliot, put forward radically different visions of society. To read also “Duel Macron-Le Pen: under the projects, the posture” Purchasing power, ecology, Europe, institutions … The two camps of the finalists of this presidential election have not ceased to oppose in all respects , each trying to dismantle the other’s project.
As part of the argument unfolded in recent days by the outgoing president’s supporters, Jean-Michel Blanquer thus warned against “the arrival of the far right in France” which would lead, among other things, to “more unemployment “. An ideological name severely refused by the nationalist city councilor, who spoke of a “residual extreme right” in France, having nothing to do with the “national, patriotic movement, which defends the popular classes” and which Marine, in his view, embodies The pen. “These are the fantasies of the left and the far left,” he said. “Many women wear the veil under social pressure” Opposite, the member of the government denounced an economic program “dirigiste”, while that of Emmanuel Macron would be centered around the “work value”. “We have a program that knows how to have both state intervention and private initiative,” he said. Before attacking: “It is a program of reindustrialization, which is without demagoguery. You, you have a very big vagueness on your tax measures. On the fight against Islamism, the minister also wronged the candidate for her desire to ban the wearing of the veil in public space. A measure “not feasible” and encouraging the “amalgamation” of Muslims who are, “in the vast majority, Republicans”. “Many women wear the veil under the social pressure of a community,” retorted the mayor of Perpignan, making Marine Le Pen and her supporters “the first defenders of French Muslims”.