France's European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said Monday that she would resign her post to lead President Emmanuel Macron's centrist ...
PARIS: France's European Affairs Minister Nathalie Loiseau said on Monday that she would resign her post to lead President Emmanuel Macron's centrist campaign for the European Parliament elections in May, hoping to counter a populist and eurosceptic wave in countries across the continent.
Populist parties have entered governments in Italy, Hungary and Poland and have gained ground in several other countries in recent years, in large part over the wave of immigrants fleeing war and misery in Africa and the Middle East. Macron, a 41-year-old centrist, is expected to name prominent environmental campaigners to the list led by Loiseau, who led France's elite ENA school, which produces its top civil servants.She had announced her candidacy this month during a televised debate with far-right leader Marine Le Pen.
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