The presidential campaign in France is on hiatus for a few days, the time of the end of the year holidays. Before giving themselves a little rest, the candidates did their best to be on the menu for French family reunions: this is called the “turkey theory”.
The idea is to keep the discussions busy during their Christmas meals. This is the turkey theory that people around the candidates talk a lot about. It is an uncle who asks you for your opinion on this or that candidate between two overly copious plates and after several glasses of wine. The conversation can quickly get out of hand. But the main thing for some contenders for the Élysée is that we are talking about the presidential election.
All-round travel
To invite themselves into the conversations of the French, the candidates have multiplied the trips. On the right, very symbolically, Valérie Pécresse dedicated her last trip before Christmas to Eastern Christians. She went to Armenia with the Catholic Bruno Retailleau. A clear gesture towards the electorate of François Fillon. A few days earlier, Eric Zemmour was also in Armenia. Same story. The Reconquest candidate addressed Catholic and conservative voters.
Others have chosen overseas. On the left, rebellious Jean-Luc Mélenchon left for the West Indies when the Communist Fabien Roussel was in Reunion. He almost ran into Marine Le Pen there. The candidate of the National Rally was returning from Mayotte where she sent a beautiful postcard to the metropolis: we saw her dancing with Mahoraises, applauded by a local population who wants to stop illegal immigration from the Comoros …
Emmanuel Macron takes advantage of his double hat
The president not yet a candidate, but already in the countryside took advantage of his status to invite himself to the French. A big press conference on Europe. Then barely a few days later, a two-hour broadcast in the first part of the evening on TF1, officially to take stock of his five-year term. In reality, the Head of State wanted to project himself after 2022 and work on his image. The French President will again address the Nation on the evening of December 31 to present his wishes. The republican tradition is good during an election period.
Turkey theory, “marabout” belief?
The theory doesn’t really work if you listen to pollsters. It is still too early for the French who decide later and later, sometimes until the weekend of the vote. Even Marine Le Pen does not believe it. ” You have to stop believing in the marabout !», The candidate quipped. Above all, it is not a candidate who will invite himself to the table, but the Covid. The health crisis is back and as always, the French are turning to the government, in other words to Emmanuel Macron. Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon know this. They also accuse the Head of State of instrumentalizing the Covid to his advantage.