6:58 am: Macron and Le Pen give priority to the preparation of the debate
The two finalists in the presidential election are devoting themselves this Tuesday to preparing for their televised duel the next day, an appointment that Marine Le Pen had completely missed five years ago against an Emmanuel Macron who will this time have a balance sheet to defend.
“For me, a failure is sometimes a kick in the butt”, confided on TF1 the candidate of the National Rally who claims to have learned the lessons of 2017 when she arrived ill-prepared and tired to the debate after having multiplied the trips . Five years later, no event is on his agenda this Tuesday. While those around her had indicated that she was going to retire to the West, she said Monday that she was going to prepare at home, in her office, this highlight of the presidential election since 1974.
The duel on Wednesday at 9 p.m., refereed by journalists Léa Salamé and Gilles Bouleau, is all the more expected since the outgoing president did not participate in any debate before the first round, the RN accusing him of “fleeing” the discussion . If he seems to want to play down the event, Emmanuel Macron will continue on Tuesday to carefully prepare a debate that he says he takes “very seriously”.