Trio of European Leaders Call on French Not to Vote for Le Pen
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German, Spanish and Portuguese leaders asked voters not to back far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential election on Sunday while stopping of explicitly endorsing Emmanuel Macron.
“A France that defends our common values, in a Europe that we recognize, that is free and open toward the world, sovereign, strong and generous” that is the France in play on April 24 and “we hope that the citizens of the French Republic will chose it,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa wrote in a joint column published in Le Monde newspaper on Thursday.