Bertille Bayart: “Macron-Le Pen, a “Canada Dry” return match”

Macron-Le Pen. The poster for the second round of the 2022 presidential election is the same as five years ago, and yet the duel will be completely different. The context, the issues, and the candidates themselves have changed.

If today the two finalists were asked to condense their project into a single word, they would probably choose the same: independence. This ultimate objective pursued by both is the legacy of the health crisis, since reinforced by the energy crisis and the war in Ukraine.

How to achieve independence? In terms of economic policy, Emmanuel Macron answers investment, Marine Le Pen national preference. Two methods that illustrate both the gap between the two projects, and the evolution of each in space
of a five-year term.

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Emmanuel Macron, version 2022, indeed gives pride of place to public investment – symbolized by the France 2030 plan which took over from the recovery plan – to achieve the relocation of activities and reindustrialisation…