MACRON. Emmanuel Macron continues his field campaign before the second round of the presidential election. The outgoing president said he was “ready to move” on the pension reform by evoking a referendum or a departure at 64 to seduce left-wing voters, the key electorate to win the April 24 ballot.
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- Emmanuel Macron continues his field campaign on the second day of the between-two-rounds. He takes advantage of each trip to defend his ideas and attack Marine Le Pen’s program.
- The outgoing president officially receives the support of Nicolas Sarkozy. The former President of the Republic indicated in a tweet that he will vote for the outgoing President in the second round of the presidential election.
- This Tuesday, April 12, the candidate goes to Alsace where Jean-Luc Mélenchon came first in the results of the first round of the presidential election. Visiting Mulhouse at 10:30 a.m., meeting traders and residents this afternoon and traveling to Strasbourg at 6:30 p.m., Emmanuel Macron wants to attract the sympathy and vote of left-wing voters.
- Last night on BFMTV, candidate Macron took a new step towards voters by saying she was “ready to move” on pension reform. He mentioned the possible recourse to a referendum or a revision of the project.
- During his campaign between two rounds, Emmanuel Macron could give a large outdoor meeting in Marseille around the Easter weekend according to Le Figaro. The candidate’s arrival in Marseille has already been postponed twice before the first round.
- Two weeks before the second round, new polls came out and gave Emmanuel Macron the winner against Marine Le Pen. But the gap between the two final contenders is slim, the first being given between 51 and 55% of the votes while the second is credited with 45 to 49% of the votes. Among the first surveys, several give the two finalists neck and neck, within the margin of error.
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10:29 – Emmanuel supported by Lionel Jospin
In the wake of Nicolas Sarkozy, the former socialist minister Lionel Jospin announces in turn in a press release sent to the AFP press agency that he “will dismiss Le Pen and vote Emmanuel Macron”.
10:26 – Macron campaigning in Alsace, Mélenchonist land
After going yesterday to Pas-de-Calais, stronghold of Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron is today visiting Alsace where Jean-Luc Mélenchon was overwhelmingly acclaimed in the results of the first round of the presidential election. . The objective is simple for the outgoing president: to convince the Mélenchonist voters to join his candidacy. Emmanuel Macron has an appointment in a few minutes in Mulhouse and will be this evening at 6:30 p.m. in Strasbourg.
10:15 – Sarkozy’s support formalized only after the 1st round
Nicolas Sarkozy’s support for Emmanuel Macron comes at a time when the former president’s vote is no longer in doubt in a Macron-Le Pen duel. The Republican, however, was careful not to give any indication on his bulletin before the first lap when Valérie Pécresse was still in the race. If there has been no confirmation, rumors of the rapprochement of Nicolas Sarkozy and Emmanuel Macron early in the campaign have circulated.
10:07 – Nicolas Sarkozy will vote for Emmanuel Macron
Nicolas Sarkozy announced this morning in a tweet that he will vote for Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election. The vote of the punter of the Republicans was not too much in doubt in view of the duel Macron – Le Pen. In a text, the former President of the Republic salutes the experience of the outgoing President as well as his “economic project” among other things.
09:58 – Macron’s turning point or reverse on pensions?
Emmanuel Macron surprised last night by indicating that he was “ready to move” on pension reform. The candidate wants to be attentive to the concerns of voters but also seeks to attract their support for his project, but the pension reform is undoubtedly one of the most divisive of the program. On BFMTV, he mentioned a possible recourse to the “referendum” and gave the impression of considering a revision of the reform: “We do not necessarily make a reform until 2030”. Adjustments are therefore possible, according to the outgoing president, but the man has decided to raise the retirement age because “the only way we have [pour financer les retraites, ndlr]as we live longer, it is to contribute longer” and to abolish the special schemes which “no longer suit the reality of the country”.
04/11/22 – 11:36 p.m. – Bernard Cazeneuve supports Emmanuel Macron
END OF LIVE – The former Prime Minister of François Hollande announced this Monday, April 11, at the end of the evening, on Twitter, to have made his choice. On April 24, it will be the name of Emmanuel Macron that he will slip into the ballot box. “Because the essentials are at stake, the unity of France and the values of the Republic, I call on people to vote for Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election”, declared Bernard Cazeneuve.
04/11/22 – 11:12 p.m. – The call of around fifty PACA elected officials to vote for Emmanuel Macron
New wave of support for the presidential candidate! About fifty elected officials from the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region are calling for a stand against Marine Le Pen on April 24. For them, it’s very simple: “Nothing would be worse than entrusting the destinies of our country to a candidate without experience or team, whom we had to help obtain her 500 signatures.” And these elected officials, including the mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, or the president of the region, Renaud Muselier, said: “Today, we collectively affirm our support for Emmanuel Macron for this second round, and we ask for national unity in the face of the external crisis, and in the face of the internal situation.”
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The duel Macron – Le Pen for the 2nd round of thepresidential election 2022 has already been the subject of numerous polls during the campaign. Each time, Emmanuel Macron will have been given the winner of the election, but with a gap that narrowed considerably in the final days before the ballot. 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.