Duel on TV for the two candidates for the office of president of France. On the one hand Emmanuel Macron - who in the last few hours has collected 56 per cent of the voting intentions -, on the other Marine Le Pen with 44 per cent. The ballot will take place on Sunday.
In the studio the candidates shook hands.
The first question went to Le Pen, as per the draw: “In what way do you think you are a better president for the French?”, Asked the presenters Lea Salamé and Gilles Bouleau. “The greatest advantage that France has is its people - the answer - I will be the president of the democratic renaissance, I will also be the president of the newspaper. I will be the president of the restoration of harmony among all the French, of justice, of national brotherhood, of civil peace. "Macron then attacked on ecology and Europe:" France will be stronger if it is able to grasp the ecological question "and he promised that if he is re-elected he will make Europe "stronger".
Another theme, the social one: the candidate of the Rassemblement National wants to give back "between 150 and 200 euros more per month to each" French family. "I only met citizens who told me about their purchasing power and who could not take it anymore", he said. Then the promise to "give back" to compatriots between 150 and 200 euros per month, through various measures listed in direct such as the reduction of VAT on energy (fuel, gas and diesel).
On Ukraine, Le Pen expressed solidarity and compassion for the people of that country at war with Russia. She also agreed with the sanctions against the oligarchs adopted by the European Union. "The only sanction with which I disagree - he pointed out - is the blocking of Russian oil and gas imports".
Macron accused her of being "addicted to Russian power" for running as a candidate on a loan from a Russian bank. And, as a result, neither she nor anyone in her party can be credible “when there are hard decisions to make.” In response, Le Pen noted the absence of a mechanism by which candidates can obtain loans from French banks.
Then the clash over Europe, with Marine Le Pen reiterating the position of her party: "There is no European people, there is no European sovereignty, it is you, Monsieur Macron, who wants to talk about European sovereignty and not of French sovereignty ". "You don't say it - the opponent pressed - but you want to get France out of the European Union". "We want the Europe of the nations," Le Pen replied. "So let's say you lie about what you propose," Macron replied. And when Marine Le Pen took up the theme of "national preference" in hiring workers, Macron reiterated that it would be "the end of the free movement of people and goods".
(Unioneonline / ss)