Five after the intense and difficult debate according to the confessions of Marine Le Pen herself, Emmanuel Macron and the head of the National Rally find themselves on television for a new televised confrontation. On April 20, 2022, the two personalities who finished at the top of the first round of the presidential elections clashed during the between two rounds of the presidential elections in front of the cameras of TF1 and France 2. Also broadcast on the news channels continuously, the he show allows the two candidates to present and defend their program and their ideas. A moment obviously under tension, which started with a false start from the far-right politician, but which also experienced a light moment, to say the least unexpected.
While co-presenter Léa Salamé tries to cut her political guests, stressing that they each had the opportunity to develop their program, she addresses Marine Le Pen who observes her: “But you each had five minutes to develop your ideas.“The daughter of Jean-Marie Le Pen then retorts:”I’m looking at you because five minutes on insecurity is a bit short all the same.“For once, his political enemy agrees but declares, jokingly:”We are much more disciplined than five years ago, Madame Le Pen.“Smiling, she then replies:”Yes, it’s true. We are getting a little older.“Courtois, Emmanuel Macron adds:”I believe it is factual. I will be very respectful towards you, you don’t see it, I’m afraid it shows a lot madam.“
A scene that contrasts radically with the electric atmosphere of the 2017 debate. The ParisianNathalie Saint-Cricq, who had officiated alongside Christophe Jakubyszyn, remembered the atmosphere five years ago: “She was freezing. Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron arrived shortly before it started, they said hello and looked at each other as if assessing each other. I sensed, perhaps I ‘superinvented’ it, a promise of violence from the start. In fact, we were not disappointed.”