Parliamentary election - Scholz: Texting with Macron every day
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been supporting Emmanuel Macron, the French President, after the devastating defeat in the parliamentary elections. Scholz writes him daily SMS messages, as he mentioned at the Summer Festival of the Parliamentary Left of the SPD in Berlin on Tuesday. "We are discussing the situation, which is indeed quite depressing," said Scholz.
Macron had called for a new parliamentary election after the lost European election. In the first round, the far-right Rassemblement National of Marine Le Pen was the strongest force, followed by a new left-wing coalition and President Macron's centrist camp in third place. However, the composition of the National Assembly will only be decided in the decisive second round of voting on the coming Sunday.
Despite usually staying out of democratic elections in other countries, Chancellor Scholz clearly took a stance for the second round: "I, for one, am pressing my thumbs that it will prevent the French, whom I deeply love and respect, from having a government led by a right-wing populist party in that country that means so much to me," said Scholz.
- Despite Macron's call for a new parliamentary election, Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, continues to send him daily SMS messages, offering his support and discussions on the current situation in France.
- The upcoming second round of voting in the French parliamentary election will determine the composition of the National Assembly, with Marine Le Pen's far-right Rassemblement National leading in the first round.
- Emmanuel Macron, the French President, is seeking to improve his position in the elections after finishing third in the initial round, with a new left-wing coalition closely following his centrist camp.
- At a recent event in Berlin, Scholz emphasized his opposition to a right-wing populist party leading the French government, expressing his deep affection and respect for the French people and their nation.
- Olaf Scholz, the German Chancellor, has publicly announced his support for Macron in the French parliamentary election, hoping to prevent a right-wing populist party from gaining power in a country that is significant to Germany.
