Charles III in France: Sandrine Rousseau asks to cancel the visit of the monarch

“Incredibly, we will have Emmanuel Macron, the republican monarch, who will receive Charles III, who will walk along the Champs-Elysées, who will dine at Versailles, and the people in the street will demonstrate,” s’ outraged this Wednesday morning, on BFMTV and RMC, the parliamentarian EELV.

Green MP Sandrine Rousseau has called for the cancellation of the British monarch’s visit to France, which is due to start on Sunday, as President Emmanuel Macron’s priority should be to “discuss with a society that is in revolt” against the reform, she said. retirement.

“Let him cancel the visit of Charles III!” “, – she argued. “Is it really a priority to receive Charles III at Versailles? But no! There is something going on in French society (…) The priority is to discuss with this rising society,” she added.

“Let’s keep taking places”

“Let’s continue to take places, Charles III or not Charles III!” continued Sandrine Rousseau. On his first state visit abroad as sovereign, Charles III will meditate at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris from Sunday to Wednesday before addressing the Senate, a first for a British monarch.

He will also travel to Bordeaux in the southwest. The State Dinner will take place on Monday evening at the Palace of Versailles. Emmanuel Macron, who had to carry out pension reform thanks to Article 49.3 and face the wrath of the street, is due to explain himself on Wednesday at noon during a television interview.