The presidential race to reach the Elysee will end on April 24 after Emmanuel Macron with 27.85% of the vote and Marine passed the first round cut Le Pen with 23.15%, according to official results. They will face a new duel, which, according to recent polls, gives a slight advantage macron. But the battle is not over and both leaders have already set out to ensure victory for the undecided electorate and, on the other hand, for the 21.95% of voters who supported Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
Emmanuel Macronaccused this Thursday of his opponent’s “complete aberration” in the second round of the French presidential elections Conservadora Marine Le Penwhich wants to dismantle the wind turbines that are in operation, in addition to shutting down all wind projects.
The candidate for the French presidency for the national association, Marine LePen, has pointed to the Russian invasion of Ukraine which the Russian army could commit, an alleged commission of “war crimes”. A major shift in their positions on the war at a key turning point in the presidential election.
In this sense, Le Pen pointed out that the “Genocide” it is “an extremely precise definition” that does not currently match the known crimes in Ukraine. Also “afterwards there is a lack” of the situation, in his opinion. “From the moment civilians and soldiers are murdered, it’s obviously about that war crimes”He added before specifying that he believed that the culprits “must be eliminated from the concert of nations”.
The two Elysée candidates are trying to meet the undecided electorate these days, and they are showing how they are softening their positions and government proposals. They even talked about extending the government to a seven-year period instead of the current five.
Macron has alluded to the closure of the factory that the Spanish company Siemens-Gamesa has in the port these days Le Havre, and which is presented as “the largest industrial project in the history of renewable energy in France”. Macron wanted to visit precisely the Siemens Gamesa facilities on an election day dedicated to his energy and electoral program.
The visit of the still President of France to Le Havre city This was no coincidence, since in the first round the radical left candidate, Jean-Luc, managed to win in this constituency. Melenchon, with 30.17% of the vote ahead of the President (27.53%) and Le Pen (20.67%).
The left leader’s program on energy issues differs from that of macron, so far intends to build at least six new nuclear reactors to maintain the centrality of the nuclear park, which now generates about 70% of electricity while Melenchon He wants to abandon this technology, which he considers dangerous.