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While the demonstrators arrived in Paris to claim their fed up with health restrictions and the lack of purchasing power, the presidential candidates are trying to analyze the situation in order to be able to take advantage of it.
Freedom convoys invite themselves into the presidential campaign. On the right and on the left, opinions differ. “It interests some, worries others, depending on where they position themselves. What the candidates are watching carefully is the possible aggregation of discontent. First sign of this concern of the executive, Emmanuel Macron called on the greater calm”, explains political journalist Jean-Christophe Galeazzi, on the 23h set of franceinfo. François Bayrou believes that it is a secession movement of part of the country.
The movement divides the oppositions. Yannick Jadot said “Yes” the right to demonstrate but not at this demonstration on Saturday 12 February. Jean-Luc Melenchon said “to share” purchasing power concerns while waiting to see what the move would yield. For Marine Le Pen, Emmanuel Macron begins his campaign with armored vehicles in the street. “This movement is in the wake of the yellow vests, but also of the movement against the pension reform. The symptoms of a fatigue that is felt in the country. It is to be feared that some decide not to go to the polls “concludes Jean-Christophe Galeazzi