Presidential 2022: how are Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen preparing for the debate between the two rounds?

Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen are preparing, each on their side, the debate between the two rounds, Tuesday, April 19. “Marine Le Pen went green at home, in her house in La Celle-Saint-Cloud (Yvelines) surrounded by her close advisers, to calmly prepare for the debate, which in 2017 had been catastrophic”, reports journalist Béatrice Gelot, present on the set of 12/13. She rehearses with Philippe Olivier, as well as a “Enarque in his forties, who would play the role of Emmanuel Macron”. The president-candidate, meanwhile, is accompanied by its secretary general at the Élysée, Alexis Kohler, as well as ministers Julien Denormandie and Sébastien Lecornu, and spokesman Gabriel Attal.

On the set where the debate will take place, everything has been studied and validated by the teams of candidates, from the light to the temperature and including the seats. For several days, the candidates, to convince the voters, have indicated that they are ready to make some concessions on their program. This is particularly the case of Marine Le Pen, who “no longer makes the ban on the veil one of its priorities”explains Béatrice Gelot.