The big political meeting of France 2 returns, Thursday March 17 (from 8:40 p.m.), just over three weeks before the first round of the presidential election. “Elysée 2022” receives the far-right candidate Eric Zemmour, the socialist Anne Hidalgo as well as the president of Debout la France, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan.
The leader of Reconquest! will debate with Yannick Jadot, ecologist pretender to the Elysée, on Europe and immigration issues. For her part, the mayor of Paris will face the president of the group La République en Marche (LREM) in the National Assembly, Christophe Castaner, for a debate on education and pensions. Finally, Nicolas Dupont-Aignan will discuss with LREM deputy Roland Lescure.
The guests in front of journalists from France Télévisions. The three candidates will follow one another against the great figures of information from France Télévisions: Patrick Cohen, Francis Letellier, Nathalie Saint-Cricq, Thomas Snégaroff. Economic journalist Dominique Seux (France Inter and The echoes) will also be present.
The proposals of the candidates judged in real time. Two hundred French men and women connected by videoconference will judge and comment in real time on the proposals of the invited candidates, with the poll specialists from Ipsos-Sopra Steria.
Eric Zemmour neck and neck with Jean-Luc Melenchon. The outgoing president and candidate for re-election is credited with 31% of the voting intentions in the first round of the ballot, ahead of Marine Le Pen (15.5%). Next are Jean-Luc Mélenchon, Eric Zemmour (12%) and Valérie Pécresse (11%), according to our daily barometer Ipsos-Sopra Steria for franceinfo and Le Parisien-Today in France.
Anne Hidalgo and Nicolas Dupont-Aignan credited with 2.5% and 2% of voting intentions. The socialist candidate and the president of Debout la France come eighth and ninth, according to our daily barometer. They are credited respectively with 2.5% and 2% of voting intentions in the first round of the presidential election.