Louis de Raguenel
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2:06 p.m., January 11, 2022
Prime Minister Jean Castex meets on Tuesday at 11 a.m. the leaders of the political parties represented in Parliament, as well as the candidates declared in the next presidential election, to discuss the organization and progress of the campaign. A very political meeting, during which the executive will try to reassure.
Will the presidential election go well as planned? It is to ensure the proper conduct of the ballot in times of health crisis that Prime Minister Jean Castex brings together Tuesday at 11 a.m., by video-conference, the leaders of political parties represented in Parliament as well as the declared candidates for the presidency of the Republic. The stake of this meeting is eminently very political.
Consultation to try to reassure
Consultation is the watchword at Matignon, with the aim of reassuring. Clearly, Jean Castex will listen to the positions of the candidates on several subjects such as the gauges of people for meetings, the organization of debates, campaign costs, the essential 500 sponsorships to be able to present themselves or even the conditions for doing the door. -wore.
The subject is very sensitive because all the candidates are aware that this presidential campaign, under Covid-19, is outside the norm and even wild, with rules which have already evolved a lot and which will undoubtedly still be shifting until the planned second round. April 24.
Emmanuel Macron will be one step ahead
Above all, all the candidates are embarrassed because they know that by being outgoing president, Emmanuel Macron, who has still not declared himself a candidate, has one major advantage: he is the one who decides everything. He will therefore always be one step ahead of all the contenders for his succession.
The oppositions therefore intend to use this meeting to ask, or even require the executive to be informed before any new decision to restrict freedom, for example. Because the candidates know it: these measures can change the course of the ballot.