Fight Le Pen or fight Macron?
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Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron, it was already the duel of the second round of 2017. © Reuters / Eric Feferberg
By: Valérie Gas Follow
5 mins
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Emmanuel Macron captures all the attention and most criticism of the opposition.
And in his entourage, it exasperates a little.
One of his advisers exclaims: "
Nobody hits Marine Le Pen anymore, everyone hits Macron
".
So the idea among the marchers is to remember that the danger for France is the president of the National Rally and not the President of the Republic.
Christophe Castaner, for example, has been working on it in the media recently, because the little music that is starting to rise is that this time, in 2022, in the second round there will not necessarily be a Republican front behind the candidate. Macron if he represents himself of course!
Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is already in the race for the presidential election, has as in 2017 chosen an ambiguous position: no voting instructions ... A refusal to choose which, according to the daily
Liberation
, is making its way into the spirit of 'a number of left-wing voters who voted Macron.
In the majority, we look at this question with attention and we draw the conclusion that there may indeed be a problem with the transfer of left votes in the second round.
Attention danger for Macron?
There is a little of that, with for a member of the government a touch of moralization: "
Those who say like Jean-Luc Mélenchon, I will not choose, I do not agree ... There is a choice to do between Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron
”he said.
When another regrets that everyone has "integrated" that Marine Le Pen is in the second round, because it is not "
inevitable
".
In other words, it is this fight that must be waged.
And at the Elysee Palace, in the entourage close to the Head of State, we specify: "
We are not looking for a match with Marine Le Pen
".
One way of responding to those who suspect Emmanuel Macron of wishing for this duel.
Nevertheless, an early walker considers that she is indeed "
the priority adversary
" with a touch of irony on the state of the other political forces in presence when he adds "
who believes that we can make the PS or the right our priority opponent
"and facing the president of the RN, some advocate the strong way:"
Marine Le Pen, we must explode it on the bottom
.
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