Alexandre Chauveau, edited by Ugo Pascolo 6:14 am, December 09, 2021

Thursday evening, Eric Zemmour will debate with Bruno Le Maire on France 2. The opportunity for the first to expand his presidential stature, and for the second to materialize the entry into the campaign of Emmanuel Macron.

An exchange that promises to be tense, because the Elysee takes the candidacy of the former journalist seriously. 

After Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Bruno Le Maire.

Almost two months after his debate against the leader of rebellious France, Eric Zemmour will face Bruno Le Maire this Thursday evening during a debate broadcast on France 2. An important step for the former journalist who intervenes a little more a week after the controversial officialization of his candidacy, and four days after a first meeting marked by violence.

But also a way for the government to materialize the entry into the campaign of Emmanuel Macron.

No wonder then to know that it is the latter who chose the person who would face Eric Zemmour.

The opportunity for Zemmour to expand his presidential stature

While Gabriel Attal was in the balance, it is indeed a Bruno Le Maire considered more solid on the Economy, a subject sometimes considered as the Achilles heel of the ex-polemicist, who will defend the arguments of the majority .

But the fight is not won in advance, because the candidate, accustomed to the debates, has particularly worked on his subject.

Eric Zemmour even canceled his trip to the Lyon region, scheduled for the start of the week, to better prepare for this meeting during which he intends to appear calm and precise.

One way for him to expand his presidential stature.

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A pass of arms that promises to be tense

The two men have faced each other only once in the past, it was in 2019 at the Cirque d'Hiver, during an evening with a cordial, even warm atmosphere, despite disagreements on the European question. .

Eric Zemmour was then only a columnist without a tie, and Bruno Le Maire even called him by his first name.

Tonight the atmosphere will be quite different, because the essayist has since turned into a politician, and his candidacy is taken seriously by the Elysee, which does not intend to give him anything in terms of ideas.