Twelve French presidential candidates put their last forces into battle on Thursday to convince voters ahead of the first round on Sunday. The gap between the two options of Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen has narrowed.
The first part of this campaign requires two main challenges before the official end at midnight on Friday: mobilizing their supporters, who may or may not have cheered with the 2002 record (28.4%) and without making a decision – ensure that one-third of the population votes. To achieve this, they multiply in public meetings or in the media.
According to various opinion polls, the two candidates who will make it to the second round are the outgoing president and his far-right rival, who, without much campaigning, will focus on purchasing power and lead the grassroots campaign. French.
The dynamics of Le Pen
The gap between these two candidates is narrowing in the second round of the polls. “We see the dynamics of Marine Le Pen, and we need to put the turbo in the 2nd round,” Macron’s campaign adviser told AFP. Currently, “strengthening our front is to prevent him (Marine Le Pen) from being present in the first round,” said a member of the presidency majority.
The head of state went into the campaign late. His goal is not to get too involved in the first round fight to focus on the second round. He is careful not to engage in direct debates with other candidates, saying on Thursday that the Communist Fabian Russell campaign was “under morphine” and that the president’s refusal to debate was “serious.”
“She’s ready”
Marine Le Pen held a meeting in Berbignon (south) on Thursday evening, which was a victory for his party. “To change policy, you have to change policies!”, He began, “calling” voters “substantially” to go to the polls.
According to a Rolling Ifop Fiducial poll released Thursday evening, Mr. Marine Le Pen won the second round with 48% of the vote. Macron will win with only 52% of the vote, which is the smallest difference for this company since January 10, which is on the verge of error.
For many years, Marine Le Pen polished the abrasive image of his party at one time, and used his desire to campaign about purchasing power. “She’s mature and has no contact with her father,” Alain, who retired from Berbignon, told AFP. “She’s ready,” said Brent von Belt, a 23 – year – old real estate agent.
“His energy makes me happy,” said retired Carol David. “She’s very moderate (…) quiet,” she argues, the most important thing to her is “purchasing power”.
Ability to purchase items
According to various studies this is actually the main issue of the electorate. Martial Foucault, director of Cevipof, underlined that the war in Ukraine was “not really the same for questions of purchasing power, the environment and immigration and security”.
“The referendum is a time of expressing a certain number of tensions and dissatisfaction. Anger is expressed by abstaining from voting or non-voting,” he explained.
On purchasing power, the presidential-candidate on Wednesday evening pledged an index to pensions “from this summer” and reaffirmed that pensions should be reformed without waiting for the annual index in January.
Behind the two favorites, Jean-Luc Mன்சlenchon is steadily rising in the poll, not taking second place. The far-left candidate, however, is working hard. His party, La France insoumise (LFI), multiplies public meetings, at least one in each sector.
In the end, “we have a configuration that is very difficult to analyze,” he said. Foucault believes. According to him, the first three places in the polls are “very high among the candidates”. 26.5% of Cevipof, Mr. Macron, 21.5% and Mr. 16% for Mélenchon.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp