“See you this Thursday, September 23 at 8:45 pm on BFMTV for a debate against Eric Zemmour,” announced the leader of France rebellious and presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, this Sunday on Twitter.
The debate will be moderated by Aurélie Casse and Maxime Switek, indicates the continuous news channel.
🔴EVENT - See you this Thursday, September 23 at 8:45 p.m. on #BFMTV for a debate against Éric #Zemmour.
#MelenchonVsZemmour pic.twitter.com/MrpDkLg69e
- Jean-Luc Mélenchon (@JLMelenchon) September 19, 2021
The two men had "each publicly expressed their willingness to debate one against the other," adds BFM.
They will be questioned in turn on "major topical issues which are at the heart of the presidential campaign: security, economy, health, ecology, immigration, society ..."
"A fact-checking unit will be deployed live by BFMTV teams on air and on the site and application of the channel in order to examine the figures and information given by the debaters", the channel further indicates. .
"Candidate for debate"
If Eric Zemmour has not yet officially declared that he is embarking on the presidential race, it is indeed the attire of a campaign meeting that the conference promoting his book "France has not said its last word ”Saturday evening at the Palais des Congrès in Nice (Alpes-Maritimes).
“I am a candidate for debate.
(…) Democracy is the confrontation of ideas, ”said the editorialist close to the extreme right-wing identity, in front of some 800 people who came to listen to him.
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The polemicist had also announced Saturday evening that he would soon face the leader of LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon, while he is deprived of his daily show on CNews after the decision of the CSA to count his speaking time.
That same Thursday, on France 2, Valérie Pécresse will be the first guest of the new political show of France 2 presented by Léa Salamé and Thomas Sotto, “Elysée 2022”. She will debate there in particular with the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin.
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