In 2020, the candidate president had already given a long interview to Brut, which had reached more than 7 million young people on social networks, according to the media.
Emmanuel Macron will make his last media intervention before the first round on Friday on the online channel Brut, while other candidates denounced his absence on Tuesday evening for the political program “Elysee 2022on France 2.
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The candidate president will answer, live on Friday at 7:00 p.m., questions about “the major concerns of young people“Which will be relayed by journalists Rémy Buisine and Thomas Snégaroff on all Brut platforms, announced the online media, which has already questioned the other candidates. On December 6, 2020, Emmanuel Macron had already given a long interview to Brut, which had reached more than 7 million young people on social networks, according to the media. He was questioned there about police violence, racial profiling, secularism, youth aid, glyphosate and his candidacy for a new term.
An absence justified by diary constraints
In addition, the presidential candidate responded to the criticism of Valérie Pécresse, who judged “scandalous“the absence of Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday evening on France 2 and felt that the public service could not”complicity” of this “evasion». «While the French are finally taking an interest in this campaign, not coming to be questioned by public service journalists seems to me an absolutely unacceptable evasion.“, added the candidate LR in front of journalists. Socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo also criticized Emmanuel Macron for his refusal “to come on the public service, on France Télévisions» and to want to be «replaced by images of his meeting». «Do you think this is normal, do you think the French can accept that our democracy has deteriorated to this point?“, she denounced on Franceinfo.
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On a campaign trip to Spézet (Finistère), Emmanuel Macron justified this absence by diary constraints because, he said, “I have to organize my time a bit. I have less time available for the campaign than my competitors». «I have been on public service several times. I will go to France 2, I assure you. Either before the first round or between the two rounds“, he said, even assuring that he would go”in all the media that (him) offer something».
The Society of Journalists of France 2 deeply regretted Monday the choice of the candidate president “that she doesn’t understand“. His entourage has put forward “calendar problems“, recalling that Emmanuel Macron has already participated in public service broadcasts.
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