MACRON-LE PEN DEBATE. Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will therefore meet for the debate between the two rounds of the 2022 presidential election. The date has already been set. Everything you need to know.
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[Mis à jour le 11 avril 2022 à 15h48] The poster will therefore be the same. The French will be entitled to a new debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, five years after the first round which had turned in favor of the one who became President of the Republic. A remake for the same issue? Not so sure. Because this Macron five-year term was also five years during which Marine Le Pen prepared for this new meeting, scheduled for Wednesday April 20, 2022. In front of the cameras of TF1 and France 2, these are two perceptions of the country and the course to give him who will oppose two of the three major societal projects (with that of Jean-Luc Mélenchon) which currently coexist in France with regard to the results of the first round: on the one hand a liberalist vision of the world, which intends be continued in line with the past five years, to which are added vouchers and bonuses or even a development of the energy mix with renewables; on the other, a nationalist project aimed at initiating a withdrawal of France on itself, sprinkled with measures for purchasing power and contested environmental decisions. Two diametrically opposed programs with a symbol: the retirement age (65 for Macron, 62 for Le Pen).
But if in 2017, the question of the result in the second round seemed heard as soon as the announcement of the final poster, the situation is not the same in 2022. In view of the first polls which give a tight score between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, this debate between the two rounds is of decisive importance and could well tip the scales. Because if she should adopt a slightly less offensive attitude than during the first round, the candidate of the National Rally should, without a doubt, strive to attack her opponent on his record as President of the Republic, where there is five years, she had mixed up in the files he had managed as Minister of the Economy. A double or quits bet: either a destabilization of Emmanuel Macron, particularly regarding the crises experienced by the country, or a new lack of mastery of the subjects that his rival will not fail to point out.
The question of purchasing power, on which Marine Le Pen refocused her speech, will probably be preponderant in the debate. When Emmanuel Macron will talk about his checks and bonuses, his runner-up will oppose his desire to “return the money to the French”. Who will convince the French on the first subject of their concerns for this election? The question of immigration, being also preponderant in the public debate, will it supplant that of ecology on which the two contenders for the Elysée do not have the same opinions? In addition to the campaign on the ground and the meetings organized between now and the second round, this debate before the return to the polls of the French should play a decisive role in the outcome of the election. All the news on the 2022 presidential election can be followed on our big live.
When will the debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen take place?
According to information from Parisianthe duel between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will take place on Wednesday April 20, 2022. A date which has been confirmed with 20 minutes. As in every election since 2007, the confrontation is therefore organized four days before the return to the polls of the French, that is to say during the second and final week of the campaign before the final vote.
On which channel will the debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen be broadcast?
While the announced schedule is therefore similar to previous years, so will the broadcasters. Because the two media have also announced that it is TF1 and France 2 which will organize this traditional democratic meeting. Since 1988, the first two channels have been managing this debate between the two rounds. Broadcast on 1 and 2, the discussions have in the past also been broadcast live on other television channels, including BFM TV, CNews, LCI, France Info and even LCP in 2017. , no details have, for the time being, been given by the organizers.
Who will present the debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen?
As TF1 and France 2 lead the operations for the debate, the latter is presented by a journalist from each channel, a man and a woman. At this stage, the names of the two presenters are not yet known. In 2017, it was Christophe Jakubyszyn, deputy director of TF1 in charge of the political service, and Nathalie Saint-Cricq, head of the political service of France 2, who organized the exchanges. Since the start of the presidential campaign, political programs have been organized by the two competing channels, presented in particular by Gilles Bouleau on TF1 and Anne-Sophie Lapix on France 2. A duo who could well be at the helm of the debate on April 20.
But the games are far from over. Indeed, Le Parisien argues that Anne-Sophie Lapix could be challenged by Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, if they were to qualify for the second round. The presenter of the main news of the public service is not appreciated by the two camps. So, who is left at France TV? The Laurent Delahousse option could be put on the table. However, this hypothesis would de facto lead to a change at TF1, parity being mandatory. Anne-Claire Coudray could then represent the front page. Except Anne-Sophie Lapix, the female face of France 2 could be that of Caroline Roux, presenter of the Four Truths, the political program of Télématin. The name of Léa Salamé could also be slipped. Finally, TF1 also has other reserves than its duo of JT presenters with Ruth Elkrief, Audrey Crespo-Mara, Darius Rochebin or even Adrien Gindre.
What audience for the debate between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen?
A first indicator of French interest in the second round will be the ratings of this debate: in 2017, 16.5 million French people followed the heated exchanges between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, i.e. the lowest audience of the debate. history of these debates. Between 1974 and 1988, between 25 and 30 million viewers gathered to follow the verbal contests of the finalists, compared to 16.8 in 1995, 20 in 2007 and 17.8 in 2012. A growing lack of interest which corroborates with the constant increase in ‘abstention.