MACRON. The outgoing president is going to Le Havre for his new campaign trip. The reunion with Edouard Philippe takes on a strategic challenge for the creation of the large gathering desired by Emmanuel Macron during the between-two-rounds.
The essential
- Emmanuel Macron is experiencing a more difficult second round campaign than expected with polls announcing tight results against Marine Le Pen and trips punctuated by criticism from voters.
- This Thursday, April 14, the outgoing president is expected in Le Havre, the Normandy city of former Prime Minister Edouard Philippe. Beyond going to meet voters and displaying himself with his supporters, in particular those appreciated in general opinion, Emmanuel Macron pursues another objective: to convince Edouard Philippe to join a major Macronist party.
- The candidate for his re-election reaffirmed last night on TF1 his “willingness to associate all the talents who have the will to act” if he is elected for a new five-year term.
- On the sidelines of his visit to Le Havre, in particular to the port and to a wind turbine production plant, Emmanuel Macron is the guest of France Bleu at 1 p.m.
- Emmanuel Macron will give a large outdoor meeting in Marseille, at the Pharo, this Saturday, April 16.
- Follow Emmanuel Macron’s news live between the two rounds of this 2022 presidential election.
Live
1:00 p.m. – Emmanuel Macron will be on the Notre-Dame site on Friday
The president-candidate will visit the cathedral reconstruction site on Friday, two years to the day after the fire that ravaged it. In the aftermath of the disaster, he announced a reconstruction in five years, a slightly lowered objective since it is now a question of returning the place to worship in five years, the work ending later. This trip will be as President of the Republic.
12:15 – Emmanuel Macron arrived in Le Havre
The President of the Republic was welcomed by his former Prime Minister, Édouard Philippe, the mayor of the city.
11:20 am – Marine Le Pen’s program dissected for the debate between two rounds
With a view to the debate between the two rounds, Emmanuel Macron’s team dissected Marine Le Pen’s program in order to identify its flaws, to deconstruct the image of a candidate defender of the power of ‘purchase. The presidential candidate will remain on the facts, assures Franceinfo of a campaign framework and will say “things in a precise way quite calmly”, he who is so often accused of arrogance.
11:00 a.m. – “The candidate was moved” during his meeting with a veiled woman, according to François Bayrou
Asked about the exchange between Emmanuel Macron and a young veiled woman on Tuesday in Strasbourg, François Bayrou explained that the candidate had this reaction because he was “moved”.
10:40 – Students from Sciences Po Paris join students from La Sorbonne
Since yesterday, students have been blocking the University of La Sorbonne, to denounce the “horrible” choice between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in the second round. A few Sciences Po Paris students have also followed suit by installing trash cans and barriers in front of their school.
10:13 – The debate between two rounds between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron will be broadcast on Wednesday April 20
The debate between two rounds between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron will be broadcast on Wednesday April 20 on France 2 and TF1 at 9 p.m. It will be hosted by Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau.
09:59 – Macron described as authoritarian by his rival
He launched the first assault by denouncing the “authoritarian excesses” of Marine Le Pen yesterday morning on France 2, this Thursday in the same program the candidate counter-attacked and accused Emmanuel Macron of “authoritarianism”. “We have never had a president who has shown as much authoritarianism as Emmanuel Macron, who is the man of the brutal repression of all demonstrations,” she said, adding that the candidate had ” no lesson to be given” in the matter recalling the episode of the Yellow Vests.
09:49 – Edouard Philippe asked for the project of “great political movement of unity”
Emmanuel Macron displayed his political objective from the evening of the first round by evoking the creation of “a great political movement of unity” to “bring together” those who “are committed (…) to [ses] sides”. All the groups included in the current presidential majority are targeted, including the Horizons party founded by Edouard Philippe. Officially the idea is to allow the candidate to be strong with a real coherent and unanimous majority on certain points of the program macronist and no longer a simple coalition.But an ulterior motive could hide behind the project: to cut short the political enterprise of the former Prime Minister as some macronists suggest to Politico.
09:43 – Emmanuel Macron in Le Havre at midday
Emmanuel Macron’s campaign agenda includes a trip to Le Havre this Thursday, April 14. The outgoing president will be welcomed at midday by Edouard Philippe, mayor of the Normandy prefecture, support and former Prime Minister of the candidate. Showing up alongside the ex-tenant of Matignon, always appreciated in the opinion of the French, is seen as an effective way to attract voters for the second round. Emmanuel Macron will go to the port to follow container ship operations before visiting a wind turbine production plant.
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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 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.
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.