Presidential: Jean Lassalle plans to withdraw from the race

Europe 1 12:12 p.m., March 15, 2022, modified at 12:12 p.m., March 15, 2022

The candidate for the presidency of the Republic Jean Lassalle plans to withdraw from the race for the Élysée, irritated not to be invited to the debates of the campaign, he indicated Tuesday during a hearing on decentralization.

"Yes, I am strongly considering it at the moment," explained the deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques the day after a first televised evening where eight of the twelve presidential candidates confronted their ideas and to which he had not been invited.

“Today when you are no longer invited, well you can no longer pretend,” he added, implying that he would also not be invited to “two other unfortunate debates” planned in the next weeks.

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Throwing in the towel, "this morning, that's the question I'm asking myself. I will have answered this evening", he assured, stressing however "not knowing for the moment what will do (it) change one's mind".

Inadmissible for Le Pen

Reacting to the statements of the candidate who preceded her during the hearing, the candidate RN Marine Le Pen judged "absolutely inadmissible (...) that after obtaining these sponsorships, there are candidates who continue to not be treated like the others, without anyone really understanding what criteria can be chosen".

“I therefore hope that Jean Lassalle will remain in this presidential race and that the various media which organize debates will change their behavior towards him as well as towards other candidates who have also been rejected”, a- she added.