LREM boss Stanislas Guerini confirmed on Friday March 4 that the campaign of Emmanuel Macron, who has just announced his candidacy, “on the form will not be like the othersbecause of the war in Ukraine.
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“There will be moments of expression, of course, but in terms of form, it will not be a campaign like the others for the President of the Republic because we cannot imagine classic moments like we have in electoral campaigns habitually“, explained on France 2 the general delegate of La République en Marche (LREM).
A meeting on March 12 in Marseille
“I am a candidate“, confirmed Thursday evening Emmanuel Macron in a”Letter to the French“published on the sites of several media, not without regretting not being able to “run the campaign as he would have liked because of the context“. “He will campaign because this moment is necessary for the country, (…) it will take this democratic debate but he will do it in a context where international events require the President of the Republic to be President more than ever.“Insisted Stanislas Guerini.
Refusing to confirm the organization of a meeting on March 12 in Marseille, as Le Parisien announced on Friday morning, the boss of LREM assured that “the president will take every opportunity given to him to discuss with our fellow citizens, to present the project which is ours for the 5 years, for the 10 years“. “There is a great pragmatism that will lead us to lead this campaign and to take advantage of each of the opportunities that will be given to be able to exchange with our fellow citizens.“, he hammered.
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Responding to opposition criticism of a campaign “retracted“, he has answered: “I see candidates today who, deep down, are obsessed with being able to attack Emmanuel Macron’s record. It is an admission of incredible intellectual impotence because what should count is to present a positive vision for the country, in what are they prevented from being able to do it?“. “All the moments of debate and confrontation are useful and important moments, but it must not turn into a rat race that drags this campaign down“, he finally warned about requests for televised debates before the first round, on April 10.