Chancellor Olaf Scholz acknowledged Macron’s re-election as a commitment to Europe. “Félicitations, congratulations, dear President @EmmanuelMacron,” congratulated the SPD politician on Twitter on Sunday evening.
“Your voters have also sent a strong commitment to Europe today. I am pleased that we are continuing our good cooperation!”
Bundestag President Bärbel Bas (SPD) spoke on Twitter on Sunday evening of “good news for Europe and for the continuation of Franco-German friendship”. “Certainly, I’m not the only one who takes a load off my mind,” tweeted Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir (Greens).
The FDP chairman and Finance Minister Christian Lindner spoke of a “choice of direction”. “It was about fundamental questions of values,” he also wrote on Twitter. “The French voted for Macron. This makes a united Europe the biggest winner of this election.” CDU leader Friedrich Merz said in the same way that Europe had also won today. “Now a new attempt for Franco-German cooperation is possible and necessary!”
Green leader warns against “normalization of extremist discourses”
Green leader Omid Nouripour combined his congratulations to Macron with the assessment that the “normalization of extremist discourse” in the French election campaign was a warning. “It is important to stand up for democracy and freedom with all our might and to defend our European values.”
The SPD party executive wrote on Twitter: “France has made a choice. For Europe and for cohesion.”
AfD congratulates Le Pen
Only the AfD congratulated the defeated right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen. Party leader Tino Chrupalla said on Sunday evening after the publication of the projection, which saw incumbent Emmanuel Macron clearly ahead: “I congratulate our partner Marine Le Pen on her strong result.” Macron only “gained a fictitious victory”. Hungary’s Prime Minister “Victor Orban and Marine Le Pen meet with enormous approval in their countries”. “Together we will change the continent of Europe,” he added.
Three days before the election, Chrupalla called on the French to vote for Marine Le Pen. He literally said: “If you care about French identity and social peace in your homeland, you must vote for Marine Le Pen.”
Source: Nachrichten
