Emmanuel Macron in front of the European Parliament: for lack of being able to ask questions, journalists leave the room

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Thirty minutes of speech, before a long sequence of questions and answers with MEPs.Emmanuel Macron endorsed his clothes as president of the Council of the European Union, Wednesday, January 19, before the Strasbourg Parliament.The press conference which was to take place after was transformed into a statement, without questions.In protest, European journalists left the room before it started, noted the correspondent of France Télévisions on site.

Strengthen the right to abortion and environmental protection.The Head of State notably declared, during his speech, that he wanted the right to abortion and environmental protection to be included in the European Union fundamental rights charter.And he called for the construction of a new European security order with NATO, facing Russia, pleading for ""a frank and demanding dialogue"" with Moscow.

A speech of around thirty minutes.Emmanuel Macron posted his vision of the European Union during a speech of thirty minutes.His entourage assures that this sequence is not a campaign act, which his political opponents blame him.As a reminder, the Head of State had already presented, during a press conference in early December, his priorities for the French presidency of the Council of the European Union which started on January 1.

A long sequence of questions and answers with the deputies.After his speech, Emmanuel Macron was arrested by elected officials from all countries.Expressed themselves the radical left MEPs Manon Aubry and extreme right, Jordan Bardella, but also the environmentalist Yannick Jadot, the only presidential candidate to sit in Strasbourg.""You follow another path, that of an climaticide alliance with Poland and Hungary,"" he said.You are a climato-arrangement.""