LAST UPDATE 23:49 French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with TF1 television today that if re-elected, the first steps he will take at the beginning of his second term will focus on boosting consumer purchasing power. He said he would maintain ceilings in petrol and energy prices and stressed that pensions would have […]
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France: Macron-Le Pen difference narrows ahead of first round of presidential elections on Sunday
By Costas Raptis The day is approaching – and the difference is getting smaller. The microphones are turned off in France on Friday night and the election campaign gives way to a 24-hour meditation, in view of the first round of the presidential elections on Sunday. However, the basic facts of the confrontation are already […]
France: far-right Le Pen exploits poll to boost image
French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is narrowing the gap with President Emanuel Macron in her intention to vote in the run-up to Sunday’s presidential election, today exaggerated herself by stressing how “reasonable” she is, aiming to embellish her image. of. Le Pen, which Macron easily defeated by securing two-thirds of the vote five […]
France: ‘Everything is at stake’ in the presidential election
Last Wednesday’s poll, which showed a narrowing of the gap between Emanuel Macron and Marin Lepen in the second round of elections on April 24, shook the spirits. Despite the fact that the presidential candidate Macron maintains the preference of the voters, the difference with his opponent has, for the first time, shrunk to 5 […]
SOS for Macron: Marin Lepen ‘scissors’ the difference
The results of the latest polls in France are sounding the alarm for Emanuel Macron. According to a rolling poll on behalf of the BFM television station, which saw the light of day today, yes, Macron will prevail in the second round if his opponent is, as everything shows, Marin Lepen, but the difference between […]
France: Le Pen is unlikely to run again if it loses the election
France’s far-right presidential candidate, Marin Le Pen, has hinted today that this (third) presidential bid could be his last, if he fails to cross the Elysee threshold, in an interview with the weekly newspaper. Journal du Dimanche. Le Pen, who ran in 2012 and in 2017 reached the second round in which she was defeated […]
Macron, the visionary of Europe
All indications are that Emmanuel Macron will be re-elected in the French presidential election in early April. What does this mean for Europe and Greece? He suddenly appeared in French politics as an adviser to Socialist President François Hollande, in 2014 he became Minister of Finance and just three years later President of France. In […]
Marin Lepen calls on those who want to leave the party to ‘do it now’
The leader of the French far right, Marine Le Pen, whose election campaign for the April presidential election has been shaken by a series of “defeats” in her party, said today that if any members want to leave, they should do so immediately. Le Pen, the leader of the National Alarm, is in second or […]
France: Le Pen’s MEP joins Zemour’s camp
A French MEP today left the National Alarm, Marine Le Pen’s far-right party, to join the ranks of far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemour, saying he thought Le Pen had no chance of winning the Apri election. Zemour, a young man in French politics, has seen his campaign weaken in recent weeks, following an initial rapid […]