update on the news of the week, 58 days from the first round

58 days before the first round of the 2022 presidential election, Emmanuel Macron is still not a candidate. “This week, the Head of State made a series of trips, first to Moscow, Kiev and then to Berlin to try to resolve the Ukrainian crisis. (…) The presidential agenda is full, and we will have to be patient, and wait at least until February 19“, indicates the journalist Caroline Motte, present Friday, February 11 on the set of 12/13.

In the meantime, the president is gaining support and destabilizing the right. “After Éric Woerth, it is the turn of Nora Berra, the former secretary of state of Nicolas Sarkozy and Natacha Bouchart, the LR mayor of Calais. All three drop Valérie Pécresse to join Emmanuel Macron“, continues the journalist. The LR candidate talks with Nicolas Sarkozy. Tense atmosphere on the right, therefore, but also on the far right, since Senator Stéphane Ravier has left the authorities of the National Rally. Division reigns always on the left, with seven candidates on the starting line.

In addition, the candidates have only three weeks left to present the 500 sponsorships. If Emmanuel Macron and Valérie Pécresse are largely qualified, just like Anne Hidalgo, the situation is more complicated for Marine Le Pen, Éric Zemmour or even Christiane Taubira. The weekend will be loaded with meetings, with a public meeting for Marine le Pen and meetings with Éric Zemmour, Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Valérie Pécresse.