The Head of State announced that France was going to deliver "six additional Caesars" to Ukraine, in kyiv where he met with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky, in the company of the German Olaf Scholz, the Italian Mario Draghi and the Romanian Klaus Iohannis.

These leaders are all for the "immediate" granting to Ukraine of the official status of candidate to the EU, said Emmanuel Macron.

His absence between the two rounds is the opposition's angle of attack in its guerrilla warfare against the outgoing presidential majority.

Jean-Luc Mélenchon in Paris on June 15, 2022 Alain JOCARD AFP

During a debate on Thursday evening on BFMTV, MP LFI Clémentine Autain wondered "about the calendar, a few days from the second round", while the acting president of RN Jordan Bardella considered that it was a " bad timing".

Thursday on France Bleu, the Insoumis leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon however "associated with his message of solidarity with Ukraine", proposing "that we avoid too many controversies", even if "we can obviously s 'to question the meaning of this journey'.

"Emmanuel Macron uses this posture of warlord to try to have an influence on the legislative elections", affirmed Marine Le Pen.

The Head of State will have to "choose" between diplomacy or war, she said in Saint-Avold in Moselle where she came to support RN candidates, because "if there is indeed an area where we can't do + at the same time + that's the one".

The president of the Republicans Christian Jacob estimated that "if we really want to reach an agreement, mediation, it is not by staging", while the ex-minister LR Jean-François Copé castigated the "madness" of Mr. Macron's "avoidance strategy", which "let the extreme right and extreme left go up".

The Minister for Europe Clément Beaune, himself a candidate in Paris where he is in difficulty facing the rebellious candidate Caroline Mécary, called for having "height of view and dignity", arguing that Mr. Macron chairs the European Union until June 30 and "is not a candidate for the legislative elections".

"Stirrer"

Left, right and far right had previously denounced the president's statement on Tuesday on the tarmac at Orly just before his departure for Romania and Moldova, calling on voters to give him a "solid" majority and to make a "republican leap " to avoid "disorder".

Jean-Luc Mélenchon is "a fatal agitator" who carries "the project of the ruin of the middle classes", accused in the Parisian the Minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin.

Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne on June 14, 2022 in Paris Ludovic MARIN AFP

"Scarecrows scare sparrows, not enlightened citizens," said Alexis Corbière, judging that "the chaos is them".

Jean-Luc Mélenchon again called on "angry not fascist" voters to "vote useful" for the Nupes candidates against the macronists, believing that it was "no use" to vote for the RN candidates when they were still in contention.

The two camps also accuse each other of imitating former US President Donald Trump, known for his sensational statements.

"Mr. Mélenchon has a problem with the truth (...) We have no hidden plan", reaffirmed the Minister of Economy Bruno Le Maire Thursday on France Bleu, while LFI accuses him of wanting to increase the VAT to contain the deficit.

“He is the one who has a problem with reality,” retorted Mr. Mélenchon.

"We are not doomed to be 5 years older than Emmanuel Macron", said during a debate on France 2 Thursday the head of deputies LFI (Nupes) Mathilde Panot.

There is "the risk of having a universal bazaar for months and years of not being able to make a decision" due to a parliament without a majority, replied the head of the Modem François Bayrou (presidential majority) targeting the Nupes .

According to Ifop-Fiducial for LCI and Sud Radio, the presidential coalition Ensemble!

would get between 265 and 300 seats on Sunday, against 180 to 210 for the united left, ahead of the right LR and UDI (40 to 65 seats) and the RN (20 to 40).

The absolute majority is 289 seats.

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