"People are tight in the throat, today we can't go on like this", got carried away the number two of LFI Adrien Quatennens on France 2, about the energy prices which blaze and the power of 'purchase.

Before recalling Jean-Luc Mélenchon's proposals to block the prices of basic necessities and to freeze the price of fuel at 1.4 euros per liter (against 2 currently).

The Insoumis candidate, the best placed on the left (11%) and on the rise in the polls, is approaching the right-wing candidate Valérie Pécresse and that of the far right Eric Zemmour, neck and neck around 11- 13%.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon at a meeting in Lyon, March 22, 2022 OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE AFP / Archives

"Shivering"

Criticizing those who advocate "simply lowering the heating", Adrien Quatennens felt that one had to "really be born with a silver spoon in his mouth to hold this kind of speech and never have precisely shivering", recalling that there were "12 million people in France who live in thermal sieves".

Lowering your heating by one degree is one of the ten solutions put forward by the International Energy Agency (IEA).

A solution also put forward by the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire who called on the French "to make an effort" on their consumption.

On the other side of the political spectrum, the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen, on a trip to Hauts-de-France on the theme of purchasing power, estimated that the "explosion" in the prices of the energy was "out of control" and "an emergency", accusing the government of inaction.

Marine Le Pen in Armentière, March 11, 2022 FRANCOIS LO PRESTI AFP

The one who consolidates her second position with 17-18% in the polls, promises that if she were elected the liter of diesel would drop by 44 cents and that of gasoline by 34 cents.

Its flagship proposal is to reduce the VAT on electricity, gas and fuels from 20% to 5.5%.

"War in the Wallet"

The subject of purchasing power, "already present before the crisis in Ukraine will be even more present" because "we are going to go from a war seen on TV to a war seen in the wallet" while "the price of gasoline reaches absolutely delusional levels”, also underlined, Ian Brossat, spokesperson for the communist candidate, on Public Senate.

He also recalled that Fabien Roussel demanded that Total pay "zero dividend" in 2022. This money would be "returned by the State to French motorists".

Fabien Roussel in a meeting at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris on March 10, 2022 EMMANUEL DUNAND AFP

The executive has already put in place several "shock absorbers" in the face of the energy shock, in particular the freezing of the price of gas, inflation compensation and is preparing a new plan, with specific aid on fuels, as announced by the President- candidate Emmanuel Macron, still a big favorite in the ballot.

Get "fat"

“It still costs the Nation 20 billion euros for these measures”, recalled Prime Minister Jean Castex on the move in the Jura.

“We also have tax revenues since they are based on the increase in energy prices, I am very transparent with you, it is 4 and a half billion”.

“Between 20 billion and 4.5 billion, it is not certain that the State, as I sometimes read, is making fat on the energy crisis, it is obviously the opposite”, he said. spear.

At the time of putting a ballot in the ballot box on April 10, "national" subjects will count the most and in the first place purchasing power, ahead of the health and economic situation of the country which steals 3rd place from safety, according to a BVA survey for Orange and RTL.

Then come pensions, the future of the social system and security.

As for the particularly tough debate on Thursday between Eric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse, Marine Le Pen saw in it "a growth hormone of abstention".

The Eric Zemmour and Valérie Pécresse debate on TF1, in Boulogne-Billancourt, March 10, 2022 Alain JOCARD AFP

The first 25 minutes of games on TF1 / LCI brought together a total of 5.6 million viewers on average, according to figures from Médiamétrie.

The second part of the debate on LCI attracted an average of 1.4 million viewers.

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