Emmanuel Macron said it was not necessary to fight the far right "by moral arguments" "We must discredit" the RN "by the substance and inconsistencies", rather than by "moral postures" or "words of the 90s that no longer work", he said. He came as exchanges focused on Sunday's local elections in Spain, where the far-right has emerged as the third political force and could govern with the right in many regions.
"The President of the Republic never reframes the Prime Minister in the Council of Ministers," assured the Elysee to AFP.