Breitbart
September 4, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron has blasted populist Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson claiming he is “not compatible with Swedish values” during an interview one week before the country’s national election.
The comments from the French president came after the Sweden Democrats leader was asked in a debate whether he would choose to side with either Macron or Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Åkesson responded, “I do not want either of them,” prompting a reply from the French leader, SVT reports.
“I do not have to choose,” Åkesson said. “Nobody needs to hesitate about what I think of Russia’s aggressive foreign policy or about Putin’s aggressive imperialist regime in Russia, but that does not mean that I only have to choose a left-liberal imperialist who goes through the EU.”
On the Swedish programme Agenda, Macron responded by saying: “It says that this party leader cannot decide how to rank values.”
“If you cannot choose between the French or Russian president, then it shows that the person is not compatible with the Swedish values,” he added.
This article was posted: Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 6:13 am
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