“The French want above all to sanction him.” Questioned in the “4 Truths” on France 2, Xavier Bertrand assured that Emmanuel Macron had “lost footing”. According to the president of the Hauts-de-France region, this is not in “scaring the French that it will make any difference to the anger in the country.” The elected Republican thus reacted to the words of the head of state who promises “civil war” in the event of victory of the extremes in the legislative elections. For Xavier Bertrand, the president is “responsible for the situation” and of “this leap into the unknown”. “I would prefer that he make his mea culpa and tell us why, for seven years, he has generated so much anger in the country”, he added. Follow our live
First confrontation. Gabriel Attal, Jordan Bardella and Manuel Bompard will debate on the TF1 set from 9 p.m. The Prime Minister, the president of the National Rally and the coordinator of La France insoumise have a meeting, while the far right is leading the polls five days before the first round of legislative elections, with 36% of voting intentions according to the ‘Ifop.
The Republicans want to participate in the debate. After being rejected by Arcom, The Republicans announced that they had referred the matter to the Council of State in order to be invited to the debate on TF1. The right believes “highly damaging” that this debate takes place only in the presence of a representative of the presidential camp, the RN and the NFP. The hearing is scheduled for 10 a.m. this morning.
Jean-Luc Mélenchon claimed by Gabriel Attal and Jordan Bardella. The Prime Minister and the president of the RN believe that the rebellious leader is the contender for Matignon within the New Popular Front, deliberately pressing on a fault line on the left. Jean-Luc Mélenchon “is not the leader of the New Popular Front and he will not be Prime Minister”retorted Marine Tondelier, the boss of Ecologists-EELV, to AFP.
