Zemmour – Pécresse debate: why TF1 will not broadcast the entire debate this evening

Zemmour Pecresse debate why TF1 will not broadcast the

15:48 – Valérie Pécresse is struggling to recover from criticism from Zenith

Valérie Pécresse follows a trajectory ultimately quite similar to that of Eric Zemmour in the polls for the presidential election. Boosted by the right-wing primary at the start of last December, she initially seemed able to beat Zemmour himself as well as Marine Le Pen at the post and qualify for the second round against Emmanuel Macron. But she suffered criticism and sarcasm in quick succession following her first big meeting at the Zenith in Paris in mid-February, then the media steamroller of the war in Ukraine which extinguished her campaign like that of almost all the candidates. . In the latest polls, Valérie Pécresse was credited with 10.5% of the vote (Harris) while she peaked at 20% on December 7 in an Elabe poll.

3:40 p.m. – Eric Zemmour far from his fall momentum in the polls

While he appeared as the surprise candidate last fall, capable of shaking up the announced Macron-Le Pen duel, Eric Zemmour came to a halt at the end of 2021 and more particularly since the start of 2022. After a slight improvement in mid-February, the former polemicist is clearly capping below 15% vote. He was given 12.5% ​​in the latest Harris Interractive poll for Challenge and published on Wednesday March 9, tied with Jean-Luc Mélenchon for third position (Emmanuel Macron being above 30% and Marine Le Pen at 18.5%).

15:31 – A Pécresse debate – Zemmour which does not have the favor of a bonus

It is the Marianne newspaper which, at the beginning of the week, revealed the information: Eric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse will only debate about twenty minutes on TF1, at most half an hour according to Le Figaro, between 8:15 p.m. and 8:45 p.m. Fearing for its audiences according to the weekly, the channel prefers to resume its normal flow for prime time and broadcast the series Balthazar, with Tomer Sisley. Those who want to follow the Zemmour – Pécresse debate will have to fall back on LCI, the group’s news channel inheriting the second part of the exchanges, until 9:30 p.m.

3:19 p.m. – A Zemmour – Pécresse debate this Thursday, March 10 on TF1

Is this finally the start of this presidential campaign? While the 12 candidates for the election are now officially known, two of the main contenders, Valérie Pécresse and Eric Zemmour will be face-to-face during a debate on TF1 and LCI from 8:15 p.m. this Thursday, March 10. After a first clash between Zemmour and Mélenchon last September, this new debate promises to be decisive, Eric Zemmour like Valérie Pécresse seeming to be in difficulty in the polls where they are currently outclassed by the Macron – Le Pen duel and where they are undergoing a breakthrough of Jean-Luc Mélenchon on their left.

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