Andmmanuel Macron he defeated his opponent Marine Le Pen in the latest televised challenge on the eve of the ballot on Sunday 24 April, when the fate of France will be decided.
Macron-Le Pen challenge on TV: he wins …
59 percent of viewers, after two and a half hours of debate, designated the outgoing president as the winner. Macron convinced more than that to the presidential candidate of the far right. Casual, with a presidential approach but without appearing arrogant, he, much less aggressive than the face-to-face of 2017, she.
Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. (Getty Images)
Le Pen more cautious, but it doesn’t help
But it didn’t help: the Rassemblement National candidate appeared a bit too restrained this time, lacking bite when, on the other hand, he had the possibility of putting Macron in more difficulty.
Macron-Le Pen challenge: Putin the conflict
In reverse, the tenant of the Elysée, went much more on the attack. Starting with Le Pen’s ties with Russia, accused of “depending on Russian power and Putin” and recalling the loan that the party you lead has contracted with a Russian bank to finance its electoral campaigns.
Accusation that Le Pen opposed, motivating that “no French bank” he had agreed to lend her money and placing the responsibility for that waste also on Macron himself who in 2015 “was Minister of the Economy”.
Goodbye European Union? Macron is not there
The tones stay on even when the discussion moves to the European Union. Le Pen speaks of a change “from within” to create an “EU of free nations”. A project that does not convince Macron at all to which, instead, it seems only a less bad way to say that France must leave the European Union.
An almost exhilarating exchange climate
The debate on purchasing power, a topic of strong interest for the French and the one on which Le Pen based his electoral campaign, has slipped a little too much into the technical, so much so that it is not remembered as the most exciting moment.
On the climate, the exchange of accusations was almost hilarious: “She is climate skeptical,” Macron began looking Le Pen in the face. “And you are a climatohypocrite” was the reply.
Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron on election posters. (Getty Images)
Macron-Le Pen challenge: immigration and the tones are heated
The issue of security and immigration, Le Pen’s workhorse, has instead created an immediate confrontation: «I meet people who tell me that they are sick of aggression. Firmness is neededalso with regard to the problem of anarchist and massive immigrationwhich increases insecurity, ”said Le Pen.
Answer: «We have strengthened the police forces by creating 10 thousand more places and we have increased the means of justice by 30%. And if the French will give me their trust, I will create 8,500 new jobs in the justice system“. And the president closes it like this.
Veil yes, veil no
However, the strongest part was that of the debate on veil: Le Pen reiterated his intention to ban it in public space “For the freedom of women on which it is often imposed”. But the outgoing president is of another opinion: “It would be a betrayal of the French spirit and of the Republic.”
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