Eight days before the first round of the presidential election, the campaign is intensifying. Travel, meetings and interviews are increasing. Nathalie Arthaud, the candidate of Lutte Ouvrière, was the guest of the morning show of franceinfo, Saturday April 2. Despite the 40% of worker votes collected by the RN candidate in 2017, “Marine Le Pen cannot be in the workers’ camp because it divides”. Follow our live.
Emmanuel Macron plays big in Nanterre. The outgoing president climbs Saturday afternoon on the stage of the Arena in Nanterre (Hauts-de-Seine) for his first meeting of a campaign where he is struggling to consolidate his position as favorite, now challenged by Marine Le Pen. Some 35,000 people are expected in the largest covered hall in Europe, usually hosting major sporting events or mega-concerts.
Valérie Pécresse wants to “make the polls lie”. “We have one week left to enlighten the French on the results of Emmanuel Macron”, launched the candidate LR during a meeting in Saint-Raphaël (Var), Friday. She notably tackled Emmanuel Macron, calling him a “president of immobility”. “Beware of counterfeits, the right is us”, she added in front of about 600 people. Never mind its long erosion in the polls, some of which place it below 10% of voting intentions: “We have to make the polls lie”hammered the candidate LR.
Marine Le Pen invites left and right “patriots” to join her. “What does the left matter, what does the right matter, what matters is France”launched thea candidate of the National Rally, Friday, in front of nearly a thousand activists gathered in Stiring-Wendel (Moselle). This popular city of 12,300 inhabitants gave it the winner in 2017 against Emmanuel Macron, with nearly 52% of the vote.
Former CFDT boss Nicole Notat supports Macron. “As in 2017, I will vote on April 10 for Emmanuel Macron and renew my confidence in him”writes in a press release sent to AFP, the one who hosted the “Ségur de la Santé” in 2020.