DIRECT - Presidential: a campaign without debate, but not without a stir

The attack is not new but it is frontal.

It emanates from the second character of the State, Gérard Larcher (LR): "

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This attack in good standing by the president-candidate, the big favorite in the polls for a second term, comes just after the first big election night of the campaign, Monday evening on TF1, with the participation of eight candidates out of 12. This true-false debate , very polite and without surprise, did not allow a direct confrontation between the pretenders to the Elysée who never even crossed paths on the set.

The presidential camp very quickly stepped up to the plate after the attacks from the right, whose candidate Valérie Pécresse (LR) is in difficulty in the polls around 11/13%.

The Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, thus denounced on France Inter "

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", the Head of State "takes part in this campaign", also replied government spokesman Gabriel Attal on France 2, recalling that Mr. Macron must present Thursday during a press conference "of three hours" his project for a second five-year term.

The president, given some 30% of first-round voting intentions, also refuses to debate directly with the other candidates before the first round, justifying his decision by the fact that the other incumbent presidents in the running for a second term are not s were not prepared for this exercise.

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