Changing roles. An Emmanuel Macron offensive and one Marine Le Pen defending herself short. This Wednesday was the debate of the second round of the presidential elections. The positions of the candidates, very different in content and form, are reflected in the headlines of the day.
Le Mondethe most read, focuses on Macron and his “fragile advantage for the second round.” liberation assures that “it is still not enough” while L’Humanite plays with the keywords of the meeting: “Extreme right and Putin. The fascination.”
At the same time, experts in political communication and the media make their assessments. Isabell Veyrat-Massosexpert in these fields of National Center for Scientific Research, believes that the far-right candidate lost in combativeness, aggressiveness and presence. “She was defensive,” she acknowledges. “I had the impression that Marine Le Pen was drugged, he spoke so slowly that we had the impression that the speaking time was not balanced, that he (Macron) spoke much more than herbecause he talked about more things when she spoke slowly and very softly with the impression that the microphones were not well placed. It was a strange feeling, but she probably wanted that, and she probably won something, “says the expert in statements collected by Reuters.
About the current president, points out that he was most of the time “hammering”. “He launched attacks on a number of issues like Putin (Russian President Vladimir Putin) where he was very strong, very strong on the cost of living, very strong on the veil, because he had agreed to endorse the paper opposite to 2017,” he says. Veyrat-Massos. This is how the expert explains it based on the accusations of the current tenant of the Elysee about the candidate whom she accused of having been financed by a Russian bank close to President Putin. “This is bad news because you depends on Russian power and Mr Putin“, expressed Macron. Le Pen described the leader’s words as “dishonest” because at that time – in 2015 – Macron himself was Minister of Economy and, according to her, it was he himself who vetoed her from benefiting from credits granted by French banking entities.
The expert’s impression of National Center for Scientific Research It is not far from that of others. Louis of Raguel, head of the political service of Europe 1, points out, in statements to his media, that Emmanuel Macron was pretentious and a little sufficient while Marine Le Pen was more “understanding”. “There is no landslide victory for Emmanuel Macron in this discussion. She won rhetorically, but the French can identify more with Marine Le Pen, that she has been more understanding of concerns of little people”, supports the expert.
Who won the debate then?
If we take into account those published by the French media, Emmanuel Macron still has the support of the French but not far ahead of his rival. According to the Ipsos-Sopra Steria survey for Le Monde, published on Wednesday, April 20, would win with 56% of the votescompared to 44% for Marine Le Pen.
In the daily OpinionWay-Kéa Partners barometer for “Les Echos” published this Thursday, he points out that the president was considered the most convincing by 41% of the French who followed the debate, compared to 31% of Marine Le Pen.
Source: Lasexta
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