Presidential election 2022: for their last debate, the LR candidates try to speak to all French people – archyworldys

Few of the polls tinged with such uncertainty. They may display the confidence of rigor, the candidates for the nomination of the party Les Républicains (LR) for the presidential election of 2022 know it: it is impossible to predict anything about the result of the vote of the militants the 1^er and 2, then 3 and 4 December, as the electorate remains unfathomable. A thick fog, dark as pitch that the competitors tried, until the last minute, to dispel in their favor.

Tuesday November 30; Valérie Pécresse, the president of the Ile-de-France region, Xavier Bertrand, at the head of Hauts-de-France, the ex-Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, the deputy of the Alpes-Maritimes Eric Ciotti and, finally, the Mayor of La Garenne-Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine), Philippe Juvin, attempted during a final debate on France 2 and France Inter to distinguish himself in the eyes of party members. “Tonight’s debate will allow the horses to cover the last kilometer, it’s evening to turn things around”, predicted in the afternoon the deputy of Vaucluse Julien Aubert, recently rallied to Eric Ciotti.

Discussions began with the health crisis and the state of the hospital, going against the traditional security question posed during previous debates.

A final lap that the candidates had to accomplish in the disturbing shadow of the far-right polemicist Eric Zemmour, who continues to covet their electorate. Because it is precisely Tuesday that the former journalist of the Figaro decided to orchestrate the announcement of his candidacy, first in a video at noon on social networks then during a “8 pm” on TF1, barely a few tens of minutes before the LR debate. “We see a certain excitement, to declare itself this evening, why? Because the right is in working order? “, moreover swept away at first glance Valérie Pécresse at the very beginning of the program. “Mr. Zemmour, it’s really not my right”, added Xavier Bertrand.

Never mind, the contenders for the LR nomination had three hours on Tuesday to deploy their program and show that they were the suitable candidate for their party. And this barely ten hours before the opening of the online vote of the activists.

Show yourself in a different light

For once, the discussions began with the health crisis and the state of the hospital, going against the traditional security question posed during previous debates. The opportunity for the candidates who were waiting for it to show themselves in a different light, to talk about other subjects in order to convince on broader themes. And to appear credible for the future.

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