French presidential election 2022: soaring prices at the pump at the heart of the first debate
Yannick Jadot, the candidate for the presidential election of the environmentalist party EELV, March 14, 2022. © Ludovic Marin / Pool via REUTERS
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26 days before the first round of the presidential election, 8 candidates took part in the first major television program last night, focusing on the war in Ukraine.
It was not a debate between them, but a succession of 15-minute interviews with TF1 journalists.
At the heart of the interventions, the consequences of the war for the French in terms of purchasing power while gasoline prices are soaring
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Anthony Lattier
from the Political Department,
We must punish Russia, but not the French, warns the communist Fabien Roussel.
“
We have to make decisions together.
But we must also be careful that this war that we see every day on TV is not in our wallets.
»
A concern that is shared by Marine Le Pen: "
What I do not want is for the French to do hara-kiri on the grounds of sanctions decided by our leaders and which in reality would not be attached to daily life. of our compatriots.
»
The Rassemblent national candidate wants to lower gasoline taxes, like socialist Anne Hidalgo.
"
That would therefore allow us on a liter of gasoline at 2 € to put the price of gasoline at 1 € 76 and to cap this price, to block it
", announces the candidate of the Socialist Party
Blocking prices at the pump, Éric Zemmour and Jean-Luc Mélenchon agree.
For Valérie Pécresse, we must act, but above all we must pay attention to the debt.
Yannick Jadot wants him an embargo on Russian gas whatever the cost.
As for Emmanuel Macron: he defends what has already been done by the government.
The Head of State has been little attacked by his opponents on the management of this crisis.
►Also read: The French presidential campaign overshadowed by the war in Ukraine
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France
French politics
Emmanuel Macron
Presidential France 2022
Fabien Roussel
Marine Le Pen
Anne Hidalgo
Eric Zemmour
Jean-Luc Melenchon
Valerie Pécresse
Yannick Jadot