The day after the first round of the presidential election, which he came out on top (27.84%), Emmanuel Macron “didn’t waste a minute getting around the pitch”observe The evening. The candidate president went on Monday, April 11 to “a stronghold of his adversary” far right for the second round: Denain, in the North, “where Marine Le Pen made 41% on Sunday”(against 23.15% nationally).
In this underprivileged territory, he gave himself up “to a very long walkabout”reports the Belgian newspaper.
“Partial coaster”
“Tackle” several times on his goal “very controversial”in the words of Guardian, to raise the retirement age from 62 to 65, he said, at the start of the evening, open to discussion on the subject. A “wink to the left”relieves The country.
“I am ready to move the relationship to time and say that we do not necessarily make a reform until 2030 if I feel too much anxiety among peopledid he declare. You can’t say on Sunday evening ‘I want to gather’ and when you go to listen to people say ‘I’m not moving’. The 65 years are not a dogma.”
Emmanuel Macron added that he could submit his pension reform to a referendum, which The Times qualified for “partial coaster”.
During this visit which “aimed to persuade supporters of Jean-Luc Mélenchon to side with him”, “the centrist incumbent head of state said he would water down his pro-business agenda” and “did not spare his efforts to show that he was in tune with the concerns of the less fortunate”summarizes the British newspaper.
“Social moult”
“The social transformation, credible or not, of the ‘president of the rich’ will be one of the challenges of the [second tour, le] 24 avril”comments The weather.
“Mr Macron’s need to appeal to voters in La France insoumise without alienating his supporters from the conservative Les Républicains party – many of whom are tempted to vote for Ms Le Pen – is the campaign’s main balancing act”note The Irish Times. Marine Le Pen says for her part that she will bring the retirement age back to 60 for those who start working before the age of 20, recalls the Irish daily.
On Monday, the National Rally candidate, who had planned to spend the day in the capital, finally made the last-minute decision to also campaign on the ground, traveling to Thorigny-sur-Oreuse, a village in the Yonne, to talk to the grain farmers. “The conversation was obviously about purchasing power, the almost exclusive theme of his campaign”relate The evening. “We must put in place emergency measures”she said, citing the 0% VAT on food products. “Right here, note the Guardian, [elle] seemed to be preaching to converts.”