European elections 2024. Candidates answer questions from the “Pilgrim”

It is not an insult to them to say that they are, with a few exceptions, little known to their voters. Elected by a national list ballot (and therefore not attached to a territory), in principle more diligent in Strasbourg and Brussels, where they sit, than in Paris, attached to European parliamentary groups poorly identified by their compatriots, the candidates French people in the June 9 election of the European Parliament suffer from a lack of recognition.

Also Pilgrim he decided to send a questionnaire to the seven heads of list who reach, in the polls, the threshold of 5% necessary to have elected representatives. These questions, prepared thanks to your suggestions, are intended to allow you to better understand the work accomplished (six out of the seven are outgoing MEPs), their program priorities, their personal sensitivity and their intention, or not, to invest the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, candidate for re-election. Responses are listed alphabetically by candidate name and have not been reworded. Happy reading and happy voting, June 9!