In Eure, Emmanuel Macron’s supporters threaten Le Pen to launch a call to action – Le Monde

Bruno Le Maire, Minister of the Economy, during the public meeting in support of Emmanuel Macron, Saturday March 26 in Louviers in the Eure. AGNES DHERBEYS / MYOP FOR “THE WORLD” There’s nothing like seeing an old adversary come back up the slope to give you a boost. Worried about the risk of demobilization from their base, two weeks before the first round of the presidential election on April 10, supporters of Emmanuel Macron are seizing on the resurgence of Marine Le Pen in the polls to try to reactivate the fear of the extreme right, and therefore invite their supporters to campaign despite the head of state’s status as the big favorite. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers For Emmanuel Macron, the risks of a presidential campaign without momentum A strategy rolled out with application by the three ministers present, Saturday March 26, in Louviers (Eure), for a public meeting in support of the candidacy of the President of the Republic, in the absence of the principal concerned. Microphone in hand, the Minister of the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, descends from the stage to face the 250 people present at the House of Sports and Associations. Posters inviting Macronist sympathizers to attend their candidate’s meeting in Paris on April 2 were plastered on the walls. “It’s the most important election, and I feel a certain indifference rising”, worries the minister, who sums up the issue of the period to fundamental considerations, a month after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia: “War and Peace. “”Tartufferie” Nearly 250 people were present on Saturday March 26 in Louviers in the Eure for this public meeting in support of Emmanuel Macron. AGNES DHERBEYS / MYOP FOR “THE WORLD” In this context, the “amazing metamorphosis” that Mrs. Le Pen is staging, she “who would have become a sympathetic breeder of cats”, would, to listen to Mr. Le Maire, only ” lie” and “concealment”. “She, the heiress of Jean-Marie Le Pen”, “who considers foreigners responsible for everything”, “is not and will never be a solution”, he proclaims. “It will remain a problem for French democracy”, judges the boss of Bercy, who erects opposite Emmanuel Macron as “president of purchasing power, work and reconquest”.
Outside, about twenty “yellow vests” sing and blow fog horns in an attempt to disrupt the public meeting. A woman will briefly go on stage to protest against the vaccination pass, before being evacuated. The speakers continue, imperturbable, but with closed faces. Read also: Article reserved for our subscribers Marine Le Pen attacks the balance sheet of Emmanuel Macron during a meeting in Bordeaux “One of Marine Le Pen’s closest collaborators is always Thierry Mariani”, engages the Minister of Agriculture, Julien Denormandie, about the MEP National Rally (RN), thurifer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the Syrian dictator, Bashar Al-Assad. The RN “depends on Russian funding”, adds this close friend of Mr. Macron, who deplores that society “is getting used to extremes”. “Extremes, we fight them, we don’t get used to them. Marine Le Pen, we fight it, we don’t get used to it, ”he concludes. You have 32.72% of this article left to read. The following is for subscribers only.