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4:47 p.m. : Emmanuel Macron will hold a press conference on Thursday afternoon to present his project, confirms his campaign team to franceinfo, after information from the Echoes.
4:07 p.m. : In an internal consultation, at the end of February, the militants of the Patriots had favored support for Eric Zemmour, but the negotiations with the candidate of Reconquest were less fruitful than with that of Debout la France, explained Florian Philippot. He claims to have obtained the addition to the program of a referendum on leaving the EU. “It is a real alliance of patriots, sovereignists”said Nicolas Dupont-Aignan.
3:59 p.m. : Florian Philippot announces his support for Nicolas Dupont-Aignan. The president of the Patriots and former close friend of Marine Le Pen had tried to present himself, but had collected only one sponsorship from elected officials, before throwing in the towel. The candidate of Debout la France, whom he joins, is credited with an average of 2% of voting intentions in the first round.
2:58 p.m. : Hello @marco34300. The education component of the program that it has put online promises 10,000 recruitments in National Education, including teachers, but also supervisors. She also says that she intends to raise salaries at the start of her career, or for teachers “who accept additional assignments or teach in difficult establishments”.
2:58 p.m. : Hello Franceinfo. Does Ms. Pécresse plan to recruit teachers?
3:10 p.m. : Valérie Pécresse has officially published and posted her entire program online. She highlights 12 “flagship measures”among which the promise that there is no “plus a single pension below the net minimum wage”the establishment of “immigration quota”or even the recruitment of 16,000 people in the justice system, 25,000 caregivers and 4,000 doctors in nursing homes.
2:18 p.m. : Marine Le Pen does not wish to debate with her rivals less well placed than her in the polls, but only with Emmanuel Macron or Jean Castex, affirms her entourage to franceinfo, confirming information from the Parisian. A position which makes it even more improbable to hold a real televised debate before the first round, a hypothesis already ruled out by Emmanuel Macron.
10:27 : With Anne Hidalgo at 2.5% in the polls less than a month before the first round of the presidential election, concern is mounting in the ranks of the Socialist Party. Behind the scenes, many are thinking about the future of the party. “I really enjoyed our Rose Festivals, our section meetings… But obviously, all that is over”, slips an important pillar of the PS. Find the details here.
10:01 a.m. : Ian Brossat, spokesperson for communist candidate Fabien Roussel, assures that he will vote for the left-wing candidate, including Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the rebellious candidate of La France, in the event of a second round against Emmanuel Macron. “It’s extremely clear, and I obviously want Jean-Luc Mélenchon to commit to the opposite“commented Ian Brossat.
(FRANCEINFO)
07:35 : Let’s try a summary with one sentence per candidate:
• Valérie Pécresse (LR) rolled out her program“ecology of solutions” providing in particular for 200,000 electric charging stations, the development of a second-hand electric vehicle market and a “sustainable reindustrialization”
• Philippe Poutou (NPA) advocated a “radical ecology (…) under the control of society and the population” foreseeing “expropriation” large groups and socialized agriculture “in the hands of the small peasantry”.
• Yannick Jadot (EELV), who recognized that the ecological transition would not be “not painless”proposed a series of measures ranging from the reduction of VAT on organic products to the transformation of housing into offices in the city center.
• Anne Hidalgo (PS) wants “extend some nuclear power plants until we make the connection to 100% renewable energies, and then we can get out”.
• Fabien Roussel (PCF), who has made a name for himself among the general public for his love of “good meat and good wine”said that it was necessary “eat less, but better”.
07:17 : Five candidates presented their climate solutions yesterday on the Twitch channel of political streamer Jean Massiet, who was accompanied by journalist Paloma Moritz. Ecologist Yannick Jadot, LR candidate Valérie Pécresse, communist Fabien Roussel, New Anti-Capitalist Party candidate Philippe Poutou and socialist Anne Hidalgo each had thirty minutes. Here is a summary of their responses in this article.