The European Union’s head office has thrown its weight behind Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential runoff against Marine le Pen, arguing it is a choice between the defense of the EU or those seeking its destruction.
And even beyond the exceptional show of voting advice when it usually is scrupulously neutral, the European Commission also said it would vet campaign arguments and counter them if they told lies about the EU.
“We have tools in Brussels and also in Paris that allow us to clarify things and dispel untruths and Euro-myths if necessary,”
said Margaritis Schinas, the spokesman for EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.
The EU has had a team for years to dispel lies and untruths about the EU in the British popular press. He insisted the Commission would not take part in the campaign itself.