Presidential 2022: Marine Le Pen in Normandy before the debate against Emmanuel Macron
Six days before the second round of the presidential election, Marine Le Pen traveled to Saint-Pierre-en-Auge, in Normandy, in northwestern France, on April 18, 2022. AFP - SAMEER AL-DOUMY
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In a week, we will know the winner of the presidential election in France.
Six days before the second round, Marine Le Pen went to Normandy where she will prepare the debate against Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday April 20.
The candidate of the National Rally made an exit on a market.
A trip to give beautiful images before facing her rival when she is accused by the European Anti-Fraud Office (Olaf) of having embezzled 137,000 euros of public money when she was a Member of the European Parliament.
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With our special correspondent in
Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives*,
Julien Chavanne
Here, again,
Marine Le Pen
came out on top in the first round of the presidential election.
Until the end, the RN
candidate
leads a marked campaign, in conquered territory, in this France which votes for her: “
Marine president!
Courage, courage, we will have them!
“, Launches a supporter.
A way to reassure yourself and take no risks before the big test of the
debate against Emmanuel Macron
.
The candidate will isolate herself until Wednesday to prepare her angles of attack.
Prepare the debate so as not to reproduce that of 2017
“
How to bring out what appears to be a priority?
This is the question we ask ourselves.
That's what it's all about, preparing a debate.
We can't say everything, so we have to decide on the subjects, or else within the subjects, the elements that seem to us to be structuring so that all French people can understand what the objective of my project is
", insists the candidate in the second round.
What will she do differently from her failed 2017 debate?
"
Everything
", says Marine Le Pen who will work and rest for the next 48 hours, except for a change of program.
The entourage of the candidate does not exclude a new trip so as not to leave too much free ground for Emmanuel Macron.
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To read: Presidential 2022: Marine Le Pen accused of embezzlement in a European report
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Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, a former commune located in the Calvados department, in the Normandy region, became on January 1, 2017 a delegated commune within the new commune of Saint-Pierre-en-Auge.
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