Emmanuel Macron showed himself to be combative on Wednesday evening against a tenacious Marine Le Pen, during a dense and acerbic television debate, but courteous on the whole, where the two presidential candidates chained exchanges on Russia, the economy or even Europe, the climate and the veil, four days before the second round.
The outgoing president put his opponent on the defensive on several occasions, accusing him early in the evening of
“depending on Russian power”
and
“on Mr. Putin”
or even throwing at him during an exchange on the environment:
“ You say anything”
.
After a failed debate in 2017, where she was tired and had poor control of her files, Marine Le Pen appeared five years later better prepared, welcoming a
“good performance”
debate that took place
“serenely, correctly”
.
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Macron-Le Pen debate: a dialogue without a winner by knockout, but an advantage for the president