In a week, we will know the winner of the presidential election in France. Six days before the second round, Marine Le Pen went to Normandy where she will prepare the debate against Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday April 20. The candidate of the National Rally made an exit on a market. A trip to give beautiful images before facing her rival when she is accused by the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) of having embezzled 137,000 euros of public money when she was a Member of the European Parliament.
With our special correspondent at Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives*, Julien Chavanne
Here again, Marine Le Pen came out on top in the first round of the presidential election. Until the end, the candidate RN leads a marked campaign, in conquered territory, in this France which votes for it: “ Marine President! Courage, courage, we will have them! “, Launches a supporter.
A way to reassure yourself and not take any risks before the big test of the debate against Emmanuel Macron. The candidate will isolate herself until Wednesday to prepare her angles of attack.
Prepare the debate so as not to reproduce that of 2017
” How to bring out what appears to be a priority? Well, that’s the question we ask ourselves. That’s what it’s all about, preparing a debate. We can’t say everything, so we have to decide on the subjects, or even within the subjects, the elements that seem to us to be structuring so that all French people can understand what the objective of my project is. “, insists the candidate in the second round.
What will she do differently from her failed 2017 debate? ” All “says Marine Le Pen who will work and rest for the next 48 hours, unless the program changes. The entourage of the candidate does not exclude a new trip so as not to leave too much free ground for Emmanuel Macron.
►To read: Presidential 2022: Marine Le Pen accused of embezzlement in a European report
*Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, a former commune located in the Calvados department, in the Normandy region, became on January 1, 2017 a delegated commune within the new commune of Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.