REACTION
After the camouflage suffered on Thursday, when the candidacy of Sylvie Goulard to the European Commission was rejected unceremoniously by the European Parliament, Macron camp advances the thesis of the political coup. The President of the Republic himself denounced the "pettiness" of some MEPs. "France has been hostage to political issues that have exceeded the personality of Sylvie Goulard," said MEP Fabienne Keller Friday morning on Europe 1
For the former mayor of Strasbourg, elected on the Renaissance list, that of Emmanuel Macron, last May in the European, "there was clearly the desire to make France pay for the fact that the Hungarian candidate of the Fidesz party, the ruling party (and that of Prime Minister Vikotr Orban, editor's note) has been dismissed ". But another factor played, according to her: "There was the French national opposition alliance - LFI, the Republicans, the National Front - who did not mince their words at the time of the hearings", deplores -she.
"Arrogance? No!"
However, according to Fabienne Keller, Sylvie Goulard had all the legitimacy to be European Commissioner. "There was a balance found at the time of the European Council Mrs. von der Layen, German, EPP, so in the center right, President of the Commission and then the other posts distributed," recalls the elected. "The presence of France was ensured through a portfolio quite legitimate for Ms. Goulard given its great skills." Moreover, no one has questioned his technical skills on finance on business, on digital and it's a big European, but that was not the subject. "
And that is enough, for Fabienne Keller, to sweep the argument of the famous French arrogance in Brussels, that Sylvie Goulard would have paid. "The arrogance? No! It was the right place in France, and it is called into question", deplores the MEP. "And that is not acceptable, especially when it is the French themselves who weaken us."