The first subject tackled pushed them both to humility and, as much as possible, to clarity.
On purchasing power, there was no room for invective or emphasis.
From the outset, precise measures, but above all the obligation of a common observation on the daily difficulties of the French.
Five years ago, they were too obsessed with destroying each other.
In this second presidential debate, Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen were more concerned with making themselves understood by the French.
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And therefore to hold their blows.
At least initially;
until the Russian financing of the National Rally is the opportunity seized by the outgoing president to try to corner his rival.
And make her lose the smile she wore at the start of the debate.
The lessons of 2017 had however been partly learned.
Beyond these more than two hours of televised confrontation, it is also the whole sequence of between-two-rounds…
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