Presidential election : ”the” Macron/Le Pen debate
This Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the two finalists of the first round will play the return match of 2017. At 21 hours on TF1 and France 2. What to expect ?
This Wednesday, April 20, 2022, the two finalists of the first round will play the return match of 2017. At 21 hours on TF1 and France 2. What to expect ?
The election of April 10, 2022 is full of lessons on French politics. Latest figures and first comments.
Emmanuel Macron (28.5%) and Marine Le Pen (24.2%) will meet in the second round on April 24, 2022. Jean-Luc Mélenchon (20.20%) finishes in third place, Zemmour caps at 7.1%, Pécresse at 5.1%, Hidalgo at 1.9%.
The investigation by the National Financial Prosecutor’s Office opened for “aggravated tax fraud laundering” puts President-candidate Macron in a very delicate position a few days before the election.
Four days before the first round, the gap is closing between the three favorites of the polls. The boss of the RN could come out on top on the evening of April 10. And Mélenchon could take second place.
With eight days to go before the first round, the president-candidate is starting to get nervous. He fears not to be present in the second round and, if he succeeds, to be beaten by Marine Le Pen. Branlebas of combat at LAREM.
The qualification for the second round of the presidential election of the two leaders of the extremist parties would sound like a thunderclap. But the second round would be lively.
What if Macron wasn’t in the second round? The question may seem absurd in view of the flattering polls for the president-candidate. However, an election is not simply a matter of arithmetic. It’s a very subtle alchemy that algorithms can’t capture.
Is the election over, as the polls and political observers have been saying for months? Not yet. There are 17 days left before the first round and one month before the second.
Viewpoint. The former Secretary of State for the Budget denounces Emmanuel Macron’s plan to bring back the idea of giving bonuses rather than increasing salaries, thus depriving the State and Social Security of revenue.
Yes, according to the latest polls that give Macron the winner in all cases. But in politics, nothing is ever definitive. A lot can happen between now and April 10 and 24.
Between two phone calls to Putin and the announcements of Jean Castex on the suspension of the vaccine pass, Emmanuel Macron finally makes his candidacy for his own succession official in the regional gazettes.