This Monday evening, March 14, the main candidates in the elections answered questions without debate, mainly about the war in Ukraine and their program.
He said that he did not want to argue, his desire was taken into account. Monday night at TF1, Emmanuel Macron did not have to discuss with his competitors. During the first broadcast dedicated to the presidential elections, the candidates simply bypassed each other, appearing one after another on the circular stage. Viewers were offered almost 8 programs in one.
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Confession of faith and program
In the first part, each candidate presented his confession of faith more or less skillfully: some were a little formal, like Eric Zemmour or Fabien Roussel, who began by giving their name and age, others more effectively, like Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who immediately they refused. its program: “Environmental Planning, Retirement at 60, Raising the Minimum Wage.”
Emmanuel Macron, deliberately optimistic in the face of those whom he calls degenerates, assures: “In five years we have gone through many crises, each time we resisted, we also innovated and came out of it stronger. I earnestly ask for your trust, because we can overcome all these crises if we remain united.”
Valerie Pekress, all in white, speaks to the camera: “You have seen our country weaken, you have seen the increase in violence, the suspension of public services… Faced with this situation, there is so much to rebuild. It will take courage to get out of this project. It’s courage, I have it.” Ann Hidalgo, dressed in black, says she wants to “fire all the haters and extremists and ensure that democracy wins.”
Vladimir Putin, dictator?
This is the same Ann Hidalgo who starts the second part of the evening, a long face-to-face meeting with two journalists in the background of the programs. She is followed by Marine Le Pen, who, at the request of journalists, explains her position on Ukraine.
Wearing a suit of responsibility, she refuses to call Vladimir Putin a dictator and says: “I have a president who negotiates peace, I don’t think that harsh words can bring about peace.”
Yannick Jadot is more offensive, the environmentalist advocates the idea of a total gas embargo, because, he assures, “every day we give Russia 700 billion dollars. look at the goal, it is to achieve peace. This is a great responsibility that we have towards the men and women who are being killed today.”
President and Candidate
But at 9:43 pm, when Emmanuel Macron arrives, the questions are addressed to the president, not the candidate. “Whom else to tell Vladimir Putin?” asks Anne-Claire Coudray. “Faced with this horror, our role today is to try to stop this war without starting a war, imposing sanctions on Russia and helping Ukraine.”
And when Gilles Bulo asks him to qualify Vladimir Putin, the tenant of the Champs Elysees responds in the same words as Marine Le Pen: “I do not insult him and will be the most efficient.” Thus, the evening between Ukraine and the presidential program went on for a long time.