“The first round is not a confrontation but candidates who present their project.
Then afterwards, it's the debate, and there is the castagne, ”assured Emmanuel Macron last Thursday in front of the readers of our newspaper.
This is the tone set for the next few days: drum beating.
Unlike the sluggish start to the 2017 campaign between the two rounds, where his staff had initially opted to stay in the lead (all the polls at the time predicted a large victory against Marine Le Pen), before finally accelerating.
“We had lost 48 hours, it was floating to death.
Then when she showed up unexpectedly at the Whirlpool site in Amiens to support the employees, we understood that there was still a battle for image to be waged, ”recalls a historic Walker who n means "not to be surprised a second time".
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This week, Emmanuel Macron will therefore travel through France.
“It’s going to be pitch, pitch and more pitch.
It will go full throttle!
summed up a member of his campaign team in the evening.
He will first resume the format of trips similar to those he has held in recent days in Charente-Maritime and Finistère.
Namely long baths of crowds in contact with the French, systematically accompanied by a speech of three quarters of an hour, stand-up style in the middle of the village.
A big meeting in Marseille
After the western facade last week, the outgoing president will concentrate his outings for the next few days in the North and East.
Starting with Denain (Nord) from this Monday, on the theme of unemployment and social welfare, then Strasbourg (Bas-Rhin) and Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) on Tuesday, before very likely stages in Amiens (Somme), his hometown , and Le Havre (Seine-Maritime), at Édouard Philippe, before the end of next week.
Emmanuel Macron has also changed his mind about the meetings between the two rounds.
Initially, only one had been envisaged, it will finally make two, even three.
Not as big as the one at La Défense Arena in Nanterre on April 2, but still: Marseille, Lyon or maybe Bordeaux.
Regarding the Marseille city, the big raout is already scheduled: next Saturday.
“He will also be full of media”, we continue.
From the regional written press, a major interview in a weekly in the middle of the week, radio mornings and a few TV appointments that remain to be confirmed.
The staff received a proposal from Cyril Hanouna for his program "Face à Baba" on C8, without deciding anything at this stage.
On the other hand, two 20-hour newscasts are already set: TF1 on Wednesday, then France 2 at the end of the week.
Omnipresent, and on all fronts.
