- A trip dedicated to ecology for Emmanuel Macron, the first big meeting of the between-two-rounds in the south for Marine Le Pen: the two presidential finalists go back to the front in a campaign waged at full speed before the second round .
- Thursday, Emmanuel Macron will be welcomed in Le Havre by his former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, but not quite on conquered ground since the port city has placed the Insoumis leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon at the top of the vote, almost three points ahead of Emmanuel Macron.
- Long day in perspective also for Marine Le Pen: the candidate of the RN will answer at the beginning of the afternoon to the readers of Provence before holding a meeting in Avignon. On France 2 Thursday morning, she raised the idea of a referendum on the question of the death penalty.
- According to Ipsos, 59% of Jadot voters in the first round could vote on April 24 for Macron, 47% of those of Valérie Pécresse and 37% of Insoumis voters. On the side of Éric Zemmour: 81% of them would choose Marine Le Pen against only 4% Emmanuel Macron.
08:44 – The Pen tackles “the authoritarianism” of Emmanuel Macron
On France 2 Thursday, Marine Le Pen attacked Emmanuel Macron, believing that France would never have known “a president who has shown so much authoritarianism”. The opportunity for the RN candidate to recall that France is positioned in 34th place in the Reporters Without Borders ranking of press freedom. In the show 4 Truthsshe also regretted that the president had imposed “a massive restriction” due to the epidemic of Covid-19.
08:28 – War crimes in Ukraine and not “genocide”, according to Le Pen
During an interview on France 2, Marine Le Pen spoke about the war in Ukraine. For the RN candidate, the situation lacks perspective to be able to use the term “genocide”. “From the moment that civilians and armies are thus murdered, these are obviously war crimes”, she explained, claiming to have requested a UN investigation into “those responsible for these horrors “. And to add: “I think that those who are guilty of this must be removed from the concert of nations. »
08:17 – Philippe Poutou’s spade in Pécresse
In financial difficulties since her defeat, Valérie Pécresse has appealed for donations to pay off her personal debt of 5 million euros. A kitty that Philippe Poutou made fun of. “To help my ex-colleague Pécresse who is facing major financial difficulties, linked to an overestimation of his capacities, if it can help him, I am willing to lend him my 308 for a few days”, published the anti-capitalist activist , ex-NPA candidate in the first round of the presidential election, on Twitter.
To help my ex-colleague Pécresse who is facing major financial difficulties, linked to an overestimation of his abilities, if it can help him, I am willing to lend him my 308 for a few days.
— Philippe Poutou (@PhilippePoutou) April 13, 2022
08:09 – Referendums should be more frequent, says Le Pen
Invited on France 2, Marine Le Pen pleaded for the establishment of citizens’ initiative referendums, which will have to be more frequent if she is elected in the second round of the presidential election. “I want the referendum to become a classic operating tool. I don’t want it to be used to say yes or no to someone, but yes or no to something, “said the RN candidate on the show. The Four Truths, specifying that certain revisions of the Constitution will be able, in case not case, to pass by these referendums. In particular, she mentioned the idea of a referendum on the death penalty. “Everything could go through a citizens’ initiative referendum”, according to the far-right MP, except what would be contrary to the Constitution.
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07:58 – Jean-François Kahn – What an electoral earthquake tells us or reveals to us
Two pillars traditionally structured our political life. But both, social democracy, liberal conservatism, and even the third, political environmentalism, have collapsed, almost self-dissolved. After an earthquake, can we be satisfied with rebuilding identically, with the same materials, what has collapsed?
> Find Jean-François Kahn’s chronicle: What an electoral earthquake tells us or reveals to us
07:35 – More than 7 out of 10 French people intend to vote
According to a CSA poll for CNews, more than 7 out of 10 French people intend to go to the polls on April 24 (72%). The older the respondents, the more they intend to vote in the second round (82% of those over 65 against only 59% of 25-34 year olds). There are also gender disparities, with abstention estimated at 30% for women and 25% for men. If the voters of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen mainly intend to vote (89% of LREM sympathizers and 86% of the RN), the voters of La France insoumise are only 47% to want to move to the polling stations and only 23% of LR and EELV supporters.
07:15 – Pass of arms between Le Pen and Darmanin
Marine Le Pen’s press conference was marked by the expulsion of a demonstrator who held up a heart-shaped sign featuring Vladimir Putin and the RN candidate. The latter assured on BFMTV that it was “Mr. Darmanin’s police”. In response, the Minister of the Interior denounced the “contempt” of the deputy. “Be honest enough to say that the individual dragging the protester on the ground is a member of your private order service,” he replied.
What contempt for the police of the Republic who ensure your protection.
Instead, have the honesty to say that the individual dragging the protester on the ground is a member of your private order service. https://t.co/yg4FeT5gBe— Gérald DARMANIN (@GDarmanin) April 13, 2022
07:09 – Macron advocates increased control of Schengen borders
Invited to TF1 on Wednesday evening, Emmanuel Macron unfolded his program, particularly in terms of illegal immigration. In Your France for tomorrow, the president-candidate said he wanted to give the EU “the means to better control its external immigration”. “The immigration that arrives in France arrives via European soil. So we must protect our borders with more joint forces and cooperation” and faster procedures, explained the Head of State, believing that illegal immigrants must be returned to their country of origin “more quickly”.
06:54 – The agenda of the candidates this Thursday
Purchasing power, pension reform, diplomacy and European construction: Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are multiplying their fronts, defending radically different projects by immediately responding to attacks from the camp opposite. Thursday, the president-candidate will be welcomed in Le Havre by his former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe, mayor of the city. After an interview with France Bleu, the candidate will visit the port in the afternoon, the largest French platform for containers, before going to the Siemens Gamesa offshore wind turbine production plant. Long day in perspective also for its rival of the RN. Guest of the program Les Quatre Vérités on France 2 at 7:30 a.m., the far-right candidate will respond to readers of La Provence in the early afternoon before holding an evening meeting at the Avignon exhibition center.