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Sunday, April 24, 2022 9:15 p.m
The re-elected President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has an ambiguous political profile. It is rated as liberal, centrist and ‘outsider’some labels he’s carried around since his arrival in French politics.
His political father, François Hollande, defined him as one “aimless traveler”. He played a key role in the political life of Macron, who first served as deputy secretary-general of the Hollande presidency and then headed the economy portfolio in his socialist government until 2016, when he founded his own political party, En Marcha! democratic revolution” and a candidacy that was “neither left nor right”.
After his victory in the 2017 presidential election, he changed his name and was renamed The republic on the move. Macron won the second ballot by two votes out of three, becoming France’s youngest president at 39.
While his five years of governmentMacron has had to lead with the 2018 “yellow vest” protests, with the pandemic crisis and with the war in Ukraine, and although he has tried to portray a close politician, he fails to convince many French people.
Some voters resent the candidate because of the arrogance with which he presents himself as first in class. Although it has always been like this: He graduated in philosophy with honors At the age of 27 he was already considered an intellectual of French politics.
The three main downsides voters are pointing out in the polls are that while Macron has what it takes to be president, some believe he is too authoritarianthey feel Issue towards you or consider you demagogue. In all three points, she is hot on the heels of her competitor Marine Le Pen in the polls.
Although she lacked the surprise element of previous elections in these elections, her clash with Marine Le Pen in a second round won her the support of parties on the French left and right.
Political leaders such as La France Insumisa candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon; Valérie Pécresse, Republican (Conservative) candidate; Fabien Roussel, French Communist Party candidate; environmentalist Yannick Jadot; and Socialist Party candidate Anne Hidalgo have asked for or insisted on voting for Macron cordon sanitaire to the far-right candidatewhich this time reached the second round with more options than ever.
Among Macron’s key campaign promises for this election are continuing to send arms to Ukraine and sanctioning Russia or raising the retirement age to 65.