All the candidates, or almost, were on deck on this spring Sunday.
While a strong abstention could mark the first round of the presidential election in thirteen days, no doubt they wanted to prove the polls wrong.
And show, from the Trocadéro, in Paris, to the Prado beach, in Marseilles, that they attract crowds, unleash applause, still arouse the hope of other tomorrows.
This determination to want to convince voters until the last moment goes against the often sardonic comments heard so far.
After months of trying campaigning and slumps for each of the contenders, she translates in her own way the nobility of political debate.
Nothing is actually written in advance, only the verdict of the polls counts.
And experience has taught us that this could hold many surprises.
It is by this yardstick that the vitality of a democracy is judged, which many gagged peoples, including in Europe, envy us.
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