MELENCHON AND ITS HOLOGRAMS

The return of Jean-Luc Mélenchon's holograms, as in 2017. The rebellious candidate will hold a meeting in Lille on Tuesday April 5, five days before the first round of the presidential election, broadcast in hologram in a dozen cities, confirmed his entourage , after an indiscretion from RMC.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon had already held an “olfactory and immersive” meeting in Nantes on January 16.

MACRON AND BULLSHIT

In the 2nd installment of his YouTube videos that look like a TV series, "The candidate", Emmanuel Macron displays his caution for his entry into the campaign.

"Mistakes, we make them when we think that there are no more risks, that there are no more mistakes to be made. I speak from experience. That's where I made my worst bullshit of the five-year term. The real mistakes, we make them when we think that things are easy, automatic", underlines the president facing the camera, in the back of a car.

"And I think that for this campaign (...), this + entry into the fray + if I may say so, that's what you have to have in mind (...). The big risk is that the people think it's done (re-election). French women and men, but even the supporters, that's what I'm going to tell them, if they think it's done, it's that we lost “, insists the candidate president.

President Emmanuel Macron, March 9, 2022 at the Elysee Palace, in Paris Ludovic MARIN AFP

GROUP THERAPY

After the debate at loggerheads between Eric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse Thursday evening on TF1 and LCI, supporters of the far-right candidate found themselves online for a "space", a space for discussion on the social network Twitter.

Some have expressed their disappointment with the performance of their champion, as told by L'Express.

Reconquest frames!

quickly joined the discussion to try to reassure them.

Valérie Pécresse, candidate LR (g) and Eric Zemmour, candidate Reconquête!, before a debate moderated by journalists Ruth Elkrief and Gilles Bouleau, on the set of the TF1 channel (d), March 10, 2022 in Boulogne-Billancourt Alain JOCARD AFP

"It was a debate to speak not to all French people but to all right-wing voters. We chose this strategy on purpose. And, tonight, we are very happy", assured Guillaume Peltier, former N.2 from LR.

BOXING

In the countryside in Brive, Valérie Pecresse inaugurated a boxing gym, with the unveiling of a plaque and a fresco on the wall.

Quite an image for the candidate LR who intends to relaunch her campaign, the day after her debate with Zemmour who sometimes took on the appearance of a fight.

"Politics is like a boxing match!"

she tweeted, boxing glove emoji in support.

The president of the Île-de-France region, herself a boxing lover, however, did not step into the ring, yet a clear symbol of the combativeness she intends to display against her other rivals Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Though she had invited them to the debate in the morning...

LR presidential candidate Valérie Pécresse inaugurates a boxing gym on March 11, 2022 in Brive-la-Gaillarde PASCAL LACHENAUD AFP

AUTHORITY COUNTRIES

Marine Le Pen does not support Eric Zemmour's proposal to freeze fuel prices.

"It's a method that can only be seen in somewhat authoritarian countries," she said, leaning on the bar of a café in Denain, in the North, where she came to talk about purchasing power.

"Let's start by lowering taxes first" with a reduction in VAT on gas, electricity and fuel, and the abolition of increases in the TICPE between 2015 and 2018, the latter being financed by... "an exceptional tax tankers".

Marine Le Pen, RN presidential candidate, on March 11, 2022 in Armantière, in the North FRANCOIS LO PRESTI AFP

SENSE OF EMERGENCY

"The planet is burning, and you have Emmanuel Macron who, in his first campaign proposal, proposes what: the abolition of royalties, the sense of urgency!": Anne Hidalgo tackled the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron on Sud Radio on Friday.

"When one of his first proposals is the abolition of the fee, what firepower, what vision for the future to return to the campaign with this type of proposal", quipped the socialist candidate, given to 2% in the voting intentions of the first round.

Anne Hidalgo, PS presidential candidate and mayor of Paris, March 11, 2022 in Rennes Loic VENANCE AFP

She said for her part "for the maintenance" of the TV license fee, the contribution to public broadcasting in the amount of 138 euros per year.

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