MACRON. The outgoing president will oppose Marine Le Pen this evening during the long-awaited debate between the two rounds. He will try to consolidate his electoral base during this exercise and convince those who are still hesitant. Follow all the latest news from Emmanuel Macron’s campaign.
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- Emmanuel Macron will face Marine Le Pen tonight during the debate between the two rounds, broadcast on TF1 and France 2, among others. In 2017, this debate had been followed by more than 16 million viewers and had served the far-right candidate. “There is more to lose than to gain in a debate,” commented for FranceInfo Franck Louvrier, communications adviser to Nicolas Sarkozy.
- The president-candidate is now twelve points ahead of Marine Le Pen in the polls. A slightly smaller gap than in 2017 at the same time (he was credited with 59% and she with 41% of voting intentions), but which had widened following the debate between the two rounds which s was proven, by the admission of Marine Le Pen herself, “a failure”. This time, things could be different since Emmanuel Macron no longer embodies novelty, but will have a record to defend on which the far-right candidate can attack him.
- Emmanuel Macron could appoint a new Prime Minister in the days following the election. Jean Castex announced yesterday on France Inter that he would resign next week if Emmanuel Macron is re-elected on Sunday.
- Follow the latest news from Emmanuel Macron in this campaign between the two rounds of this presidential 2022.
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10:51 – Debate between two rounds: an issue for the presidential election
In 2017, the debate between the two rounds brought together more than 16 million people in front of their television. This year, 36% of French people are “looking forward to” this clash between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, according to an OpinionWay – Kéa Partners poll carried out for Les Echos and Classic Radio. In addition, 14% of them are waiting for this debate “to decide which candidate to vote for”.
10:31 – Gérard Larcher will vote for Emmanuel Macron
Gérard Larcher is President of the Senate and LR member. “Marine Le Pen represents a danger for our country,” he said in an interview with Le Parisien. He “will vote Emmanuel Macron in the second round in responsibility,” but wants LR opposition in the next legislative elections, hoping to avoid a dislocation of the movement between LREM and the RN.
10:14 – Emmanuel Macron carried by the “dam” votes
After having “largely siphoned off the right before the first round”, “the voices that[Emmanuel Macron] must win are largely on the left”, analyzes The world. The far right has never been so strong, with three candidates (Marine Le Pen, Eric Zemmour and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan) winning 32% of the vote in the first round. Consequently, Emmanuel Macron is in reality supported, of course, by those who support his project, but also by a number of voters who choose a blocking vote.
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The Macron – Le Pen duel for the second round of the 2022 presidential election has already been the subject of numerous polls since the start of the campaign and a fortiori after the first round which designated the duo as finalists. Each time, Emmanuel Macron will have been given the winner of the election, but with a gap that has narrowed considerably. As a reminder, during the last presidential election, Marine Le Pen was largely beaten in the second round with 33.90% of the vote against 66.10% for Emmanuel Macron.
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen officially qualified for the second round of the presidential election on Sunday April 10. The outgoing president came first with 27.85% of the vote, ahead of the RN candidate with 23.15%. Emmanuel Macron has thus improved his 2017 score (24.01%), even if abstention reduces this progress. He still won more than a million additional votes (9.7 million against 8.6 million 5 years ago).
Emmanuel Macron, in this campaign between the two rounds, indicated that he wanted to “complete” and “enrich” his program, in particular on ecology. He said he was ready not to push back the retirement age to 65. The Head of State also indicated that he was “not opposed” to the establishment of a “full” proportional system for the legislative elections.