Updated Jun 8, 2024, 04:36 IST
The 35-year-old Renaissance party member became the youngest person to rise to the PM office in France when he was elected PM in January 2024. His pitch, which came on the final day of campaigning before Sunday’s polls, talked about the benefits young people will get upon voting for the Renaissance party.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal posted a video on Instagram Friday to attract young voters to vote for the party in the upcoming European elections Sunday. In the video, termed as bizarre by many, Attal is seen wielding a Nintendo Switch portable gaming device, a universal charger and a condom, among other things, to strike a note with young French voters.
The 35-year-old Renaissance party member became the youngest person to rise to the PM office in France when he was elected PM in January 2024. His pitch, which came on the final day of campaigning before Sunday’s polls, talked about the benefits young people will get upon voting for the Renaissance party.
“These three objects have something in common — Europe,” Attal said, wielding the Nintendo, condom and charger. Here’s the Instagram post.
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Thanks to Europe, “all the condoms that you buy conform with all the demands in terms of resistance and security,” he told voters, adding, “I count on you to vote on Sunday.”
Valérie Hayer, a French lawyer and politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2019, is the Renaissance Party’s candidate in the elections. On the other side, far-right National Rally party’s (RN) Jordan Bardella is seeking to unseat Hayer.
Meanwhile, President Marcon’s Renaissance party is in a damage-control mode after opinion polls showed that Hayer is lagging behind Bardella by more than 15 points.
Sunday’s elections in France will be held after numerous debates and rallies over the past few weeks. More than 50 million French voters are expected to cast their ballots Sunday. There are 81 candidates from 38 different parties contesting in the elections. Notably, France sends the second most number of MEPs to the European Parliament, after Germany with 96.
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