Lequesne: ‘Macron is putting democracy at risk’

"Macron does not know what the answer is about the people's reaction, but he is taking the risk as he considers politics as gambling," argues Christian Lequesne, professor of political science at Sciences Po in Paris. Eight days before the legislative elections in France, the editor in chief of the European Review of International Studies (ERIS) explains that President Emmanuel Macron's elitist and technocratic outlook combined with inflation and the question of national identity were the main ingredients for the rise of the French far-right. In the same vein, he points out to Kathimerini that the rise of the far-right in Europe will probably lead Ukraine to a "dirty peace."

Starting from the recent result of the European elections in France that put Marine Le Pen's National Front in first place, would you describe President Macron's decision to call national...