FALCON POWERS- Macron’s centrist party, Renaissance, is projected to come a distant second in this week’s European elections.
Multiple French political parties said on Monday they would refer President Emmanuel Macron to the national media regulator over a prime-time televised interview he plans to hold just days before the European elections in which his party is expected to take a beating.
At least three parties – the radical left-wing France Unbowed (LFI), the left-wing Socialist Party (PS) and the right-wing Les Républicains (LR) – have said they will ask the ARCOM media regulator to decide whether Macron’s interview should be deducted from the speaking of his party’s lead candidate for the June 6-9 elections.
Macron’s centrist party, Renaissance, is being shepherded through this election by Valérie Hayer and is currently forecast to come a very distant second to the far-right National Rally (RN) party. According to the Euronews Poll Centre, Renaissance should secure 16.6 per cent of the vote while RN is on track to get 31.5 per cent.
The Elysée announced on Sunday evening that Macron will be interviewed live at 20:00 CET by the main two TV channels, TF1 and France 2, on Thursday following D-Day commemorations and address topics including the situation in Ukraine and Gaza as well as the European elections.
