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Second round of the presidential election: "The force of evidence"

2022-04-22T18:03:01.978Z


The editorial of Le Figaro, by Vincent Trémolet de Villers. Strange vigil of arms. Politics, in recent days, despite the debate, despite the meetings, seemed deafened. The great democratic meeting that is the presidential election relegated to the rank of secondary concerns. Yet, war is in Europe, the global economy is holding its breath, the Islamist threat is still simmering and the general instability should be accentuated by the possibility of a perilo


Strange vigil of arms.

Politics, in recent days, despite the debate, despite the meetings, seemed deafened.

The great democratic meeting that is the presidential election relegated to the rank of secondary concerns.

Yet, war is in Europe, the global economy is holding its breath, the Islamist threat is still simmering and the general instability should be accentuated by the possibility of a perilous political alternation.

Admittedly, the appeals resound against “the Le Pen threat”, but they are more ritual than an expression of deep anguish.

As if the French, a political people, had understood from the evening of the first round that the reappointment of the head of state had the force of evidence.

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Source: lefigaro

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