French press review
In the spotlight: the editorial offensive against Marine Le Pen
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The French will have to choose between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen in the second round of the French presidential election on April 24, 2022. © AFP / PASCAL GUYOT
By: Norbert Navarro
3 mins
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On the final day of the official electoral campaign for the second round of the presidential election in France, the daily newspapers join forces to encourage their readers to vote for Macron.
Even if it means, sometimes, offending the sensitivity of its readers, such as
the editorialist of the newspaper
La Croix
.
While admitting that "
the responsibility of a newspaper is not to dictate conduct
", this colleague intends "
to assume a disagreement with some of its readers
".
While agreeing that "
opinion has hardened
", that "
the attraction for extremes is stronger
" and that Catholics "
are no exception
", he calls on them to vote Macron...
While admitting that the renewal of the latter "
would not magically make the deep fractures that run through French society disappear
", because the tenant of the Elysée "
is no longer the new man who burst into the the political scene
.
While confessing that: “
The French know their limits
”.
No Jesuitism, on the other hand, from the pen of
the editorialist of
L'Humanité
, but the martial accents of the great evenings, plus a promise of tomorrows which sing.
Here, Emmanuel Macron is, of course, "
the adversary
", but Marine Le Pen, she is "
the enemy
"!
So ?
So the communist daily assures that, the day after the second round, "
another perspective will open up, that of the legislative elections with the widest possible gathering of all the forces of the left
".
Low interest of the French for the duel Macron / Le Pen
“
Never has a debate between the two presidential rounds attracted so few viewers,
underlines
Le Figaro
.
They were only 15.6 million in front of their post on Wednesday evening
, all channels combined, that is to say two times less than in 1981. The difference is spectacular when France today has twelve million additional inhabitants
. jellyfish
Le Figaro
.
Which daily sees it as a sign of “
the indifference of a growing part of the French, who no longer believe at all in the promises of political speeches.
It also reflects
the rejection of the poster proposed this year
, between two personalities who arouse, one and the other, very little enthusiasm
".
Which winner for the debate
?
According to an Odoxa poll for
Le Figaro
, 56% of French people found that Emmanuel Macron was generally "
more convincing
" than Marine Le Pen, with 44% thinking the opposite.
It is still 16 points less than in 2017 for Emmanuel Macron (and therefore,
ipso facto
, 16 more for Marine Le Pen).
This survey indicates that the French found Emmanuel Macron more convincing than his rival about "
the place of France internationally
";
“
the way of governing and the functioning of institutions
”;
"
growth and competitiveness of the economy
".
Conversely, the French found Marine Le Pen more convincing than her rival on the subject of “
pensions
”;
of “
security
” but also of “
immigration
”, indicates
Le Figaro
.
Tribute from the press to actor, director and producer Jacques Perrin
Film buffs will long remember Sub-Lieutenant Torrens, of
the 317th Section
, who trudged through the jungle of Indochina, in homage to the French heroes of Diên Biên Phu.
Jacques Perrin has surrendered;
and
Liberation
salutes this "
boy reserved for the stiffness of the first in the class, a little old France
", who died at the age of 80.
To pay homage to him too, this morning, the press plays…
Les Choristes
.
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