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federalist-like power quickens

Macron's call for an 'équipe de France' in EU Parliament shot down

"We will not score an own-goal against our side in the European Parliament, where we sit as a political group. The members of the delegation belong to the team on the left that wants to change the European Union," Sylvie Guillaume, chairwoman of the joint list between French Socialist Party (PS) and Place Publique, told EURACTIV.
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"Our European delegation will not attend the government's invitation on Friday. As we are committed to fulfilling the promises made to our voters, we will not accept any of their instructions on the positions to take in the next five years of our mandate," said Manon Aubry, who leads the [LFI]'s list.
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"This meeting comes much too early, some groups in the European Parliament are not even formed. Today we are only negotiating the roadmap," said EELV MEP Karima Delli.
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"I cannot be part of any 'team' that includes the Rassemblement National. I feel closer to a Spanish socialist than I do to a French nationalist," [PS/Place Publique Raphaël Glucksmann] said on Twitter.


Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.
by Cat on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 11:37:47 AM EST
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An illustration of Macron's doctrine of "en même temps", also known as "n'importe quoi"

-- We are federalists, we want to federate the progressive forces in the EU parliament. [DIDN'T WORK]

-- En même temps, we are Team France, we are nationalists [DIDN'T PASS LAUGH TEST]

It is rightly acknowledged that people of faith have no monopoly of virtue - Queen Elizabeth II

by eurogreen on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 02:24:38 PM EST
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Yet Another politician trying to be everything to everybody.  I don't know the French for "je ne sais quoi" is but from here Macron doesn't appear to have any.

She believed in nothing; only her skepticism kept her from being an atheist. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
by ATinNM on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 04:30:09 PM EST
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The closest US equivalent may be Clinton and his "triangulation" (or Blair in the UK).
by Bernard (bernard) on Fri Jun 7th, 2019 at 06:33:19 PM EST
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