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THE ESSENTIAL

  • Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen devote themselves this Tuesday to the preparation of their televised duel on Wednesday, an important step in the presidential election since 1974.

  • No event is on the agenda of the candidate of the National Rally.

    She plans to use her day to work on her files at home, in her office.

  • The duel on Wednesday at 9 p.m., refereed by Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau, is all the more expected since the outgoing president did not participate in any debate before the first round, the RN accusing him of "fleeing" the discussion.

  • If he seems to want to play down the event, the Head of State will continue this Tuesday to carefully prepare a debate which he says he takes "very seriously".

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6:58 am: Macron and Le Pen give priority to the preparation of the debate

The two finalists in the presidential election are devoting themselves this Tuesday to preparing for their televised duel the next day, an appointment that Marine Le Pen had completely missed five years ago against an Emmanuel Macron who will this time have a balance sheet to defend.

"For me, a failure is sometimes a kick in the butt", confided on TF1 the candidate of the National Rally who claims to have learned the lessons of 2017 when she arrived ill-prepared and tired to the debate after having multiplied the trips .

Five years later, no event is on his agenda this Tuesday.

While those around her had indicated that she was going to retire to the West, she said Monday that she was going to prepare at home, in her office, this highlight of the presidential election since 1974.

The duel on Wednesday at 9 p.m., refereed by journalists Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau, is all the more expected since the outgoing president did not participate in any debate before the first round, the RN accusing him of "fleeing" the discussion .

If he seems to want to play down the event, Emmanuel Macron will continue on Tuesday to carefully prepare a debate that he says he takes "very seriously".

6:56 am: Philippe and Bayrou sound the alarm

The ex-Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and François Bayrou recall that you should never sell the skin of the bear too quickly.

These supporters of Emmanuel Macron and pillars of the majority therefore warned on Monday against the idea of ​​​​a victory already acquired in the second round of the outgoing president.

"Nothing seems to me to be played because many unknowns weigh on the ballot, starting with abstention", warned the former Prime Minister in

Le Figaro

.

“Obviously, the Republican front is no longer a natural reflex, no doubt out of weariness.

It has decreased in intensity but I do not believe in its disappearance, ”added the mayor Horizons of Le Havre.

For François Bayrou, High Commissioner for Planning and Modem Mayor of Pau, “at this stage, the two candidates can win.

Anything can happen, by definition.”

In an interview with the

Republic of the Pyrenees

, he recalls that we “have already seen peoples make choices that, with the eyes of the historian, we find foolish”.

6:53 am: Jean-Luc Mélenchon expected on BFMTV

The leader of insubordinate France must speak on BFMTV this Tuesday at the end of the afternoon.

He is particularly expected on the consultation carried out with his supporters for the second round, where the blank or null vote came first with 37.65% ahead of the Macron vote (33.4%) and abstention (29% ), support for Marine Le Pen not having been proposed.

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Sunday evening at 8 p.m., France will have chosen to whom to entrust the keys of the Elysée for five years.

In the meantime, the editorial staff of

20 Minutes

 is mobilized to give you the latest information from the campaign.

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen will above all spend the day preparing for the strongest moment of this between-two rounds: the debate which must oppose them on Wednesday.

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