Eight days before the first ballot in France Emmanuel Macron He organized his first and only maxi meeting at the gates of Paris. An election initiative has been delayed due to the war in Ukraine: The emergency, coinciding with France’s EU presidency, kept En Marche’s candidate out of the running and if at first international commitments seemed to have helped him cement the advantage over his opponents, it is now staff fears that the delay becomes noticeable in the final result. The latest polls also weighed on: Macron remains in the lead but is down (26.6%); and is being squeezed ahead of the vote by his main opponent’s progress in the polls Marine LePen (20%). In the third position it grows Jean Luc Melenchon (16%). To make matters worse, there have been recent controversies over the government’s overuse of private consulting firms over the past five years. McKinsey. The election event was organized and attended at the Palasport of the Défense Arena in Nanterre, just outside Paris 35,000 backers.
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Summoned the presidential candidate for reelection at the opening of the grand rally “Who is bombing democracy a few hours from Paris”. Immediately, some whistles were raised from the stands, but the President immediately silenced them with his hand and then added: “We fight for peace every day, but here we are all together and nobody whistles”. His speech focused on praising Europe and the importance of arguing at European level: “Who better to protect our borders than Europe,” he said. Macron then recalled all the reforms made from 2017 to date reform in the school sector to that of the secret services, from increasing the judiciary budget to deindustrialization. “We did it,” he claimed. Speaking of the future, he conjured up one of the most controversial interventions of recent months: raising the retirement age. “Work harder and longer,” he said, emphasizing the need Raising the retirement age “gradually, which brings her to 65 years. The President then reiterated that his goal in the five years of his second term, if reelected, was “full employment”.
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In the middle of his speech, Macron then paid tribute to the wife Bridget and the assembly stood up, including all the members of the government. “I thank those who did not choose this life said Macron, looking at Brigitte and her grandchildren but they are close to me every day. And above all you… added the President, visibly moved she is the one who gives me the most. Brigitte, who is also among the presidents of the Assemblée Nationale Richard Ferrand and the Prime Minister, Jean Castex, smiled at everyone and just said “merci” while Macron sent her a kiss from the stage with his hand.
Macron wanted to thank the “families and communities that take in Ukrainian refugees. “The world of peace and continuous progress that we thought would last forever seems to be collapsing before our eyes‘ Said the French President, speaking of a moment of ‘great disorder’.