The Prime Minister will debate with the head of the National Rally list, with the aim of relaunching the campaign of the Renaissance candidate, Valérie Hayer.
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Can the head of government change the presidential party’s campaign? Gabriel Attal will participate, Thursday May 23 at 8:15 p.m. on France 2, in a debate against the head of the National Rally (RN) list, Jordan Bardella, with a view to the European elections. The debate will be moderated by journalist Caroline Roux, in the program “L’Evénement”. The head of government, who has long refused to get involved in favor of the head of the Renaissance list, Valérie Hayer, who is struggling in the polls, will therefore try to reverse, or at least attenuate, the balance of power. facing the RN.
The Macronist camp is credited with only 16% of voting intentions – half as much as the far-right party – in the latest Ifop-Fiducial opinion survey for LCISud Radio and Le Figaropublished Monday May 6. Enough to push Emmanuel Macron to ask his Prime Minister to act before the June 9 election. “I hope he gets as involved as possible in the campaign by holding debates and meetings”confided the head of state on Saturday in an interview given to La Tribune Sunday. Message received in Matignon.
Gabriel Attal will also speak on Tuesday evening during the Renaissance meeting at Mutualité, in Paris, a little over two weeks before the debate with Jordan Bardella. The RN candidate has made opposition to Emmanuel Macron one of the axes of his campaign. The current president of the RN has been calling for a confrontation with the head of government for months. In February, he invited him to “to assume their responsibilities” and to come and debate, during an interview on Europe 1. Initially opposed to this idea, Gabriel Attal finally leaked his desire for a “democratic confrontation”.
