After leading the first round of presidential elections this Sunday, politicians turned to their supporters to thank them for their support and urged the rest of the citizens to accompany them to the elections, a greater challenge for the extreme seems to be rights.
A favorite in the polls ahead of the elections and in the first ones released tonight, Macron recommended assuming nothing is decided and advocated a popular front, a strategy similar to the one that won him five years ago, exactly about Marine Le Pen.
“I’m willing to invent something new that brings together different sensibilities to build a big movement with them,” he said at the Paris exhibition center at the Porte de Versailles, where he “shook hands with everyone who wants to work for France . “
The head of state, who received 28 percent of the vote in the first round, recognized rivals in the presidential elections who have already offered him their support to avoid a far-right victory in two weeks, including environmentalist Yannick Jadot and conservative Valérie Pécresse , the communist Fabien Roussel and the socialist mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo.
Macron estimated that the next few days will be crucial for the country and Europe, in a message that seems to recall Le Pen’s anti-European positions, a policy that, despite the softening of her speech, does not hide its commitment to freedom of movement within the US to change Schengen area to stop immigration.
For her part, the leader of the National Group, heir to the National Front founded by her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, asked everyone who did not do so today to vote for Macron.
The French people have done me the honor of advancing to the second round and I see hope that the country’s recovery forces will rise, said the MP, who came second in the elections with more than 23 percent of the voters for her.
In that spirit, he pledged that if he wins on April 24, he will “guarantee national independence, control immigration and restore security.”
The place we want to give money in our society, or the ability to retire in good health, depends on your vote, he said.
After the preliminary results were announced, the only candidate to ask for support for Le Pen was far-right Éric Zemmour, who is fourth in the polls with 7.0 percent.
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