The leader and presidential candidate of rebellious France, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and the polemicist, Eric Zemmour, will debate this Thursday on BFMTV, the channel announced in a press release on Sunday.

The debate, which will be moderated by Aurélie Casse and Maxime Switek, will take place at 8:45 p.m.

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The two men had publicly expressed their willingness to debate together.

They will be questioned in turn and will debate on "various topical subjects which are at the heart of the presidential campaign: security, economy, health, ecology, immigration, society ...", explains the continuous news channel in its press release. .

If he has not yet officially announced that he is embarking on the presidential race, Eric Zemmour affirmed, last week in the program 

On est en direct

, on France 2, that he "had not afraid ”of eventually being a candidate and that he“ wanted ”, but that he wanted to“ choose his moment ”to announce his decision.

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  • Television

  • BFM TV

  • Debate

  • Presidential election

  • Elections

  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon

  • Eric Zemmour