Night of classic on the french tv And not exactly soccer. The two major French television channelsthe private TF1, the one with the highest audience, and the public France 2 will broadcast the final Wednesday night debate between the two applicants to occupy the Elysium on the next legislature: the current president, Emmanuel Macron, winner of the first round, and his opponent, the far-right Marine Le Pen. Next Sunday they will meet again in the second round after Macron prevailed in the first round with 27.84% of the votes compared to 23.15% for Le Pen. The high abstention -26.35%- contributed to the fact that none of the candidates achieved a majority and they had to resort to the second round scheduled for April 24.
It is not the first time that Macron and Le Pen have seen each other in a televised debate of these features. Does five yearsin it 2017, in the same circumstances, just before the celebration of the second round of the presidential elections, the two candidates measured their strength on the set. It was Emmanuel Macron who, days later, would conquer the Elysee with an overwhelming result: 66.10% of the votes.
Four days before the second round, the polls invariably give the advantage to the outgoing president, with a 54% to 56.5% vote intention compared to 43.5% to 46% for Marine Le Pen. This is a difference of between 8 and 12 points. Experts again warn that the possibility that one high abstention become a defining element. Thus, the debate will be the last chance for the far-right candidate to reduce the difference in voting intentions.
Loss of purchasing power
The loss of purchasing power is at the center of discussions in the French presidential campaign. After the eternal debates on immigration, Islam and insecurity have dominated the media airwaves in recent years, in the end the social aspect has prevailed in this race to the Elysee. A contest marked by the current crisis of the energy pricesaccentuated by the war in Ukraine.
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Even though the far-right candidate has based his campaign on seeming closest to the people on footmoderating his speech, the most general feeling of the voters is in favor of preventing the extreme right from holding power in a country like Franceat which the main European cities look askance and with bated breath.
Two journalists from the channels organizing the debate, Gilles Bouleau and Lea Salamé, will play the role of moderators to guarantee that there is equality in the times of use of the word and set the pace and passage from one topic to another. They will not go further in their interventions to avoid any controversy about their role. Each candidate has appointed a counselor who will supervise that the performance conforms to the previously established rules.