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Mr Van Hecke’s report provides an opportunity for us to express our surprise at the press release issued on 22 April by Parliament's President, which comments on the mounting political intolerance in the first round of the presidential election in France.
In law, this press release is an intrusion into the domestic affairs of France and, on the whole, the substance of the press release glosses over the genuine problems.
The far right gained 20% of the votes. This outcome is just one of the symptoms of a profound crisis that political representation in France is currently going through.
This crisis is, in particular, due to the persistent failure, in recent years, of many politicians and institutions to respond to the problems suffered by citizens and their desperate appeals to restore security. The national institutions and the European Union must, however, be held jointly responsible for this crisis.
So, I call on my fellow MEPs… open your eyes! I have been asking you to do this for years. We must radically change European politics. And if you wish to prevent the public from voting as they did on 21 April, we must, at long last, start to give priority to citizens’ security and immigration control."@en1
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