Why Marine Le Pen complained in a tweet of “cancelled interviews following Emmanuel Macron’s refusal”
We told you in this direct a few minutes ago, the candidate of the National Rally (RN) regretted this Thursday afternoon on Twitter “a series of programs and interviews in the press canceled following Emmanuel Macron’s refusal to participate”especially in Paris Match, Opinion or on C8. “I regret the attitude of my competitor, who deprives the French of a free and open democratic debate”denounced the far-right candidate.
The editorial director of Paris MatchCaroline Mangez, explained to Agence France-Presse (AFP) that the weekly had “made the editorial choice to offer interviews to the two finalists in the second round of the presidential election”. “President Emmanuel Macron having finally declined our proposal, for the sake of fairness, we warned Mr.me Le Pen that we withdraw our proposal. We would have proceeded in the same way if Marine Le Pen had failed us”she clarified.
For everyday Opinion, “In between rounds, we made it a rule not to give the floor in an unbalanced way to one or the other. On Monday, April 11, we received Marine Le Pen’s column on social democracy for publication on Wednesday. We asked the Elysée. As we had no response from them, we applied our rule and decided not to publish Marine Le Pen’s column.also explained to AFP Rémi Godeau, editor of the newspaper.
Finally on C8, the RN complained about the cancellation of the participation of Marine Le Pen in the program “Face à Baba”, by Cyril Hanouna, Wednesday evening, by “respecting speaking times”because Emmanuel Macron “declined the invitation”. The presenter explained the situation to his viewers on Tuesday evening: the “Face à Baba” with Marine Le Pen is “cancelled or postponed”. “Emmanuel Macron, for the moment, has not given his agreement to do the show”he said.