president to manage the crisis and candidate, Macron’s dual agenda

Alongside the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine in Turkey, Emmanuel Macron maintains the telephone link with Vladimir Putin. If he must also manage his campaign, the President of the Republic has returned to his more “presidential” agenda. “He spoke by telephone with Vladimir Putin, in particular about the siege of Mariupol. He presented the evacuation operation proposed by France, Greece and Turkey, without much hope of being heard. believes that the conditions for an evacuation are not met. Putin blames the Ukrainians”explains Catherine Demangeat, journalist in the political service of franceinfo.

It is therefore, in a way, the president who eclipses the candidate in this campaign. “For the moment, the president’s share largely prevails. Since he entered the race almost a month ago, we have counted on the fingers of one hand the campaign meetings of Emmanuel Macron.Monday, March 28, he made his first trip to the field to meet the French in Dijon, and on Saturday, he will hold a big meeting in Paris.The rest of the time, it is the president who manages the international crisis. For the moment, we have the impression that he is putting on this presidential cap to be the favorite and in the next few hours, he will have a new telephone exchange with the Ukrainian president.concludes Catherine Demangeat.