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  • Sunday, the big meeting of Jean-Luc Mélenchon gathered 100,000 according to the organizers place de la République.

    Three weeks before the presidential election, the leader of the radical left has called for the formation of a "popular union" capable of propelling him to the second round.

  • The PCF candidate Fabien Roussel received the support of two former communist ministers of François Mitterrand (1981-1984) on Sunday.

  • Even if Emmanuel Macron largely dominates the polls, the president of the LREM group in the National Assembly Christophe Castaner calls for "humility" three weeks before the first round.

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7:17 a.m .: Big day on the program side...

So in order we will have the press conference of Valérie Pécresse, LR presidential candidate, to present her Culture program at the Théâtre La Bruyère at 10 a.m. 

At 1 p.m., the same candidate will speak to us about the overseas territories.

While at 2:30 p.m., the EELV candidate Yannick Jadot presents his program for education.

7:15 a.m.: Fabien Roussel is the guest of France Inter at 7:50 a.m.

The PCF candidate will be able to defend his ideas the day after the big meeting of Jean-Luc Mélenchon who poses as the useful vote on the left. 

7:13 a.m.: Find “five points in three weeks”, Mélenchon’s challenge

The rebellious candidate, who dedicated the rally to "the resistance of the Ukrainian people to the Russian invasion", clearly put himself in the role of the main opponent of outgoing President Emmanuel Macron, while he is given third or fourth position according to the polls.

He claims to have to find "five points in three weeks" in order to qualify while the staffs of the candidates agree that the threshold for accessing the second round is historically low, below 20% of voting intentions.

7:11 a.m .: De Gaulle is not the one who wants…

Even if Emmanuel Macron largely dominates the polls, the president of the LREM group in the National Assembly Christophe Castaner calls for "humility" three weeks before the first round.

“An election is never played, never bent,” he stressed on Franceinfo, ensuring that he was not “satisfied” with polls which give such a high level to the far right.

“Marine Le Pen has “trivialized” her campaign, Eric Zemmour has contributed to it, but she continues to carry far-right ideas.

It is not because Eric Zemmour takes himself for Marshal Pétain that that makes Marine Le Pen General de Gaulle, ”he warned.

7:10 a.m.: By bicycle…

With the return of fine weather, the Greens are starting a "bicycle operation".

They offer their supporters "to ride their bicycles to draw a giant J (like Jadot) throughout the territory and converge, together, on March 27 towards the meeting" that the environmental candidate will hold next Sunday at the Zénith in Paris.

Hello everyone and welcome to this live, 

We are three weeks away from the first round, on April 10.

And while Emmanuel Macron, who developed his program last Thursday, continues to float in the polls, Jean-Luc Mélenchon organized a big meeting on Sunday at Place de la République, insisting that he is the useful vote on the left. .

We follow step by step the important announcements, figures and declarations of this Monday, March 21 in our live. 

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