A video and leaflets to launch Macron's campaign

Arthur de Laborde, edited by Ugo Pascolo 7:20 p.m., March 04, 2022

A video posted Friday at 6 p.m. on social networks and 2.5 million leaflets distributed this weekend will launch the campaign of Emmanuel Macron, whose program remains very uncertain due to the war in Ukraine.

The day after the formalization of the candidacy of the Head of State by a "Letter to the French" published by the regional daily press, his campaign team will broadcast a first video at 6 p.m.

2.5 million leaflets this weekend

In an excerpt published on the "Emmanuel Macron with you" account, the candidate president explains that "if at every second, we consider that trust is acquired and that we do not have to question ourselves and seek it, to solicit it, at that moment, we lose".

In addition, activists are called upon to start distributing some 2.5 million leaflets this weekend, the campaign team said, confirming information from Europe 1.

In a letter posted on social networks and addressed to activists from LREM and the majority, Emmanuel Macron calls on them to mobilize "in every village, every city" because, he explains, "the international context, marked by the war in Europe, unfortunately, will not allow me to campaign as I would have liked".

"We have 37 days. 37 days to put forward our proposals. 37 days to defend our vision of France and Europe. 37 days to convince", he adds, explaining that he is a candidate "for a simple reason: I am convinced that I can be useful in the next five years".

A first trip on Monday 

Emmanuel Macron should make a first trip Monday afternoon to Ile-de-France on education, one of the themes on which he insists in his Letter to the French.

If confirmed, a meeting in Marseille, initially scheduled for Saturday, could also be held on the weekend of March 12 and 13, and another, later, in the Paris region.

The Russian-Ukrainian conflict also disrupts the organization of the campaign team.

Agriculture Minister Julien Denormandie, tipped to become campaign director, hinted at the Agricultural Show on Friday that he would remain in his post.

To the question "What will your exact role be in this campaign?", he replied: "I am Minister of Agriculture and Food and in view of the situation, I believe that it is important that we can do face, that we can provide all of this support (to the agricultural world) and therefore, as you can see, I am fully at my task".

However, he affirmed his intention to take his "full part" as "a political activist alongside the president in this democratic debate which must be held".

For his part, the Minister of Overseas Sébastien Lecornu, approached to become a political adviser, should also remain in his post, according to his entourage.

Uncertainty remains for Gabriel Attal, who could go from government spokesperson to that of the candidate.