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3:19 p.m. : “If you elect me, all contracts with consulting firms will be suspended. (…) We are establishing a principle of non-substitution: it will be forbidden to entrust to the private sector what the State and its officials are capable of doing themselves”.
3:19 p.m. : In Toulouse, Jean-Luc Mélenchon obtained part of his speech in the controversy over the use of the executive to consulting firms. “Yes, it’s suspicious”, he repeated in an anaphora, listing several examples of services cited in the senatorial report and which he considers abnormal. He asks for the opening of a preliminary investigation into the McKinsey firm (without specifying the reason) and promises to no longer call on these companies.
2:57 p.m. : Valérie Pécresse holds her meeting Porte de Versailles, in Paris. One week of the first round, candidate LR, who is struggling in the polls, will try to erase her failed Zenith meeting last February, as our special correspondent Antoine Comte explains on Twitter.
2:44 p.m. : Jean-Luc Mélenchon arrived at Place du Capitole, in Toulouse, to the cheers of activists gathered for the meeting of the candidate of La France insoumise. He was particularly ironic about Emmanuel Macron’s meeting the day before at La Défense Arena and his use of the historic slogan of Philippe Poutou’s New Anti-Capitalist Party: “Our lives, their lives are worth more than all the profits.”
2:18 p.m. : But of course @Bayonnais. The candidate of La France insoumise has not yet arrived but the Place du Capitole in Toulouse is full despite the cool temperatures, as we can see in these live streams on Twitch and Youtube.
2:18 p.m. : Hello! After the huge relay yesterday on this live meeting of Macron, we will be able to check today if the meetings of the other candidates are also well followed and relayed! Images of the capitol for example? Thank you
1:41 p.m. : Hello We talk about it here. While he was playing a football match with his activists, Eric Zemmour was indeed interrupted. His party had reserved the pitch, but without specifying who would come to play there. Angry, the manager, a brother of Zinedine Zidane, demanded the departure of the candidate, who left the scene.
1:41 p.m. : Zemmour banned from playing by Z Zidane’s brother? not at home? bad publicity for Zemmour so censorship?
1:46 p.m. : “The challenge [pour Anne Hidalgo]it is to remain visible and to remind that it is there.”
While the socialist candidate is holding a meeting today at the Cirque d’hiver in Paris, the political scientist estimates on franceinfo that “the mere fact that she is present allows the Socialist Party to prepare the sequel, to have an offer and to improve it in preparation for the legislative elections”.
12:55 p.m. : Hello @laplum One week before the first round, Franceinfo channel 27 offers you a “presidential multiplex” all weekend long. And the meeting of the socialist candidate Anne Hidalgo will be well broadcast, but delayed. You can follow the meetings of Jean-Luc Mélenchon (LFI) at 2 p.m. and Valérie Pécresse (LR) at 4 p.m. live.
12:55 p.m. : Hello, I know that Anne Hidalgo does not prance in the head, but, whereas you speak of the meetings of all the others, you pass over hers in silence, as if they did not exist. There is one in particular today at 2:15 p.m. in Paris, at the winter circus. Maybe you could put it on your list and talk about it. Cordially
12:30 p.m. : It is noon, here is a new point on the news:
After the discovery of corpses in Boutcha, a town near liberated kyiv, Ukraine denounces “a deliberate massacre” committed by the Russian army. In Odessa, a city in southern Ukraine, explosions held back this morning. Follow our live.
This is the final sprint one week from the first round. After Emmanuel Macron, the leader of La France insoumise, Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is today gathering his troops in Toulouse and the candidate of the Republicans Valérie Pécresse hers in Paris.
The event recorded good performances on all counts. The Kenyan Judith Jeptum won in 2h19 min 48s, defeated far behind her competitors. Among the men, the victory goes to Deso Gelmisa. Frenchman Morhad Amdouni, 3rd, set the French record in 2h05 min 22 s.
• No department is placed on snow-ice orange vigilance today, according to the 10 a.m. bulletin from Météo France. Loire, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme return to yellow level.
11:09 : Jean Lassalle was the guest of “Presidential Mornings” on franceinfo. The candidate of the Resist movement! in particular criticized the air conditioning of the stadiums applied by Qatar for the Football World Cup. Here is an excerpt from his interview:
11:12 a.m. : “Thirty years from now, what would you like to be remembered for?” Cyprien, 22, from Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), asked this question to the twelve presidential candidates, as part of our “Questions de Français” operation. Watch the responses of presidential candidates on video.
10:47 : Faced with record abstention or the disputed legitimacy of elected officials, the taking into account of the blank vote is often put forward to give meaning to our democracy. But is this solution possible for the presidential election in France? Thomas Destelle answers this thorny question in this article.
11:33 am : Jean Lassalle is credited with 2.5% in the voting intentions. The candidate of Résistons!, who recalls that he was at the MoDem for a long time, refuses to say for whom he would call to vote in the second round.
08:57 : Jean Lassalle knows he wants “Leaving NATO. NATO played a very effective role in the war between Russia and Ukraine”. “France must regain its own diplomacy, an ability to be much better informed”he adds.
11:33 am : Asked about the McKinsey cabinet controversy, Jean Lassalle does not wish to “the trial of consulting firms. I led one for 35 years. But I did not advise the President of the Republic directly or other heads of state, I had not taken on this global scale that a Kinsey”.
08:50 : If elected, Jean Lassalle “immediately takes away the World Cup from Qatar” for the organizer in Germany for example. “You won’t need your hands on it if you get elected”notes the journalist of “Presidential Mornings” on franceinfo.
08:47 : On the issue of energy, Jean Lassalle relies on the development of renewable energies such as solar and “the energy of the sea” but wants to put a stop to wind power which “distorts our landscapes”. If elected, the candidate “will consult with all those responsible to see if it is correct that there are such harmful consequences for rendering so weak”.
11:34 am : Jean Lassalle also intends to lower the VAT on fuels. When asked how much it would cost the state, he kicks in touch: “The problem is not knowing what it costs”he assures, pointing to an increase in “debt” with the “whatever it takes” policy during the Covid-19 epidemic. “We have to try not to make the situation worse.”
09:23 : Jean Lassalle proposes in particular to restore the compulsory military or civic service at the age of 18 years. “I think the service is likely to recreate a link” in France, he says. The candidate also proposes to recognize the blank vote, even if “Mister White Cannot Rule”.
11:33 am : Jean Lassalle, the Resistons! candidate, is the guest of “Presidential Mornings” now on franceinfo, duplex from Marseille (Bouches-du-Rhône). “There is a considerable listening deficit in our country”he begins, about his campaign bus criss-crossing the country.
08:14 : Jean Lassalle is the guest of “Presidential Mornings” on franceinfo. The Resist candidate! will answer our questions from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. Follow his interview in our live.
08:07 : Let’s start with a point on the news:
Ukraine’s chief negotiator in the peace talks with Russia says Moscow has “verbally” accepted his country’s main proposals. A meeting between Presidents Zelensky and Putin in Turkey is even mentioned.
On the ground, Russian forces are withdrawing from key towns held near the capital and Cherniguiv in northern Ukraine to redeploy to the east and south. A series of explosions were heard this morning in Odessa, Ukraine’s main port.
This is the final pprint one week from the first round. After Emmanuel Macron, the rebellious leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon, is today gathering his troops in Toulouse and the right-wing candidate Valérie Pécresse hers in Paris.
Three departments, Loire, Haute-Loire and Puy-de-Dôme, are still placed on orange alert for snow and ice by Météo France.