The big stage of the presidential debate finally over, the official campaign between the two rounds is now over.
If the two finalist candidates try until the last moments to convince, it is now up to the voters, this Sunday, April 24, to decide.
In the polls, Emmanuel Macron is well ahead of his opponent, but yet it is Marine Le Pen who is especially favored by a mostly worried international press.
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For the left-leaning British daily
The Guardian
, for example
,
if there is one big lesson to be learned from the French presidential election, it would be "
not to underestimate populism
", even if Emmanuel Macron won.
Same story from the magazine from across the Channel
Unherd
: whatever the result of Sunday evening, "
the future will therefore be written with Marine Le Pen
" given her political score in the first round and the voting intentions of which she is credited to the second.
The cause of this phenomenon?
The newspaper
The Washington Times
considers that part of the population could throw themselves "
into [his] arms
because she succeeded in putting socio-economic issues at the heart of her campaign.
And, since the beginning of the five-year term, purchasing power has been the priority of the French, sometimes defended vehemently, like the movement of "
yellow vests
".
On identity and migration issues, Marine Le Pen is divided.
Unsurprisingly,
The Guardian
is concerned about its policy and believes, in accordance with the Anglo-Saxon communitarian model, that the identity of communities must be respected so that “
immigration does not become a nightmare
”.
Her election would be “
not a result that feminists or liberals would want to celebrate
”, also tackles the English-speaking Indian newspaper
The Hindu
.
In Hungary, on the contrary, a country governed by the conservative Viktor Orban, the candidate seduces the daily
Magyar Nemzet
.
Through gastronomic metaphors, the newspaper describes Emmanuel Macron as any "s
alade niçoise
“, where Marine Le Pen is”
a cassoulet filled with good things produced by the French province
“.
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The debate deciphered
In this context, the international press did not miss the inter-round debate held on Wednesday evening, which pitted the two candidates against each other for the second time.
An “ intense, but quite cordial
” return match
, according to
La Vanguardia,
which nevertheless judges the tone used by Emmanuel Macron to be “aggressive”.
No "
winner by KO
", adds the German newspaper
Bild
.
A balance sheet to defend, an opponent to beat, so many issues that are imposed on the outgoing president, whom “
words and dialectics
” initially saved, analyzes the daily
El Pais
.
For
Luxemburger Wort
, this posture is "
unusual
“, and very quickly the detractors of the outgoing president”
saw themselves confirmed in their prejudices
“.
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The performance of Marine Le Pen, mocked in 2017 for her failure, was also eagerly awaited.
If many media, like the
Corriere della Sera
, have portrayed the candidate of the National Rally as seeking to appear as "
mother of the nation
", her speech has not been able to convince, as
La Stampa
wrote. , Italian centre-right newspaper.
The Polish daily
Rzeczpospolita
considers his performance so bad that his chances of one day reaching the Élysée are seriously compromised.
“
She rowed, like a student who studies, applies, but does not succeed
”, could we also read in the columns of
Corriere della Sera.
A surprisingly popular academic metaphor since Emmanuel Macron for his part has been portrayed as a "
school teacher
" or even "
headmaster
" by other media.
In hollow, it is the theme of a supposed arrogance of the outgoing president who was watched closely by the international media, against the backdrop of a powerful protest vote.