The televised debate to which he was not invited does not pass. Presidential candidate Jean Lassalle plans to withdraw from the race for the Elysée, he indicated on Tuesday during a hearing on decentralization. “Yes, I am strongly considering it at the moment,” explained the deputy for Pyrénées-Atlantiques the day after a first televised evening bringing together eight of the 12 presidential candidates.
Final answer tonight
“Today, when you are no longer invited, well you can no longer pretend”, he added, implying that he would not be invited to “two other unfortunate debates” scheduled in the next weeks. Throwing in the towel, “this morning, that’s the question I’m asking myself. I will have answered this evening”, he assured, underlining however “not knowing for the moment what will make (him) change his mind”.
Reacting to the statements of the candidate who preceded her during the hearing, the candidate RN Marine Le Pen judged “absolutely inadmissible (…) that after obtaining these sponsorships, there are candidates who continue to not to be treated like the others, without, moreover, clearly understanding what criteria can be chosen”.
“I therefore hope that Jean Lassalle will remain in this presidential race and that the various media which organize debates will change their behavior towards him as well as towards other candidates who have also been rejected”, a- she added.