The French election doesn't end on Sunday: Round 3 is on everyone's mind

Gilles Paris - LE MONDE - 22/04
COLUMN. The second round of the presidential election has not yet taken place but all sides are already planning for the June legislative elections, observes 'Le Monde' columnist Gilles Paris.

Hello, it's lunchtime in Paris and the official campaigning period for the presidential election will end today at midnight, forcing the country's politicians to remain silent until 8 p.m. on Sunday. Emmanuel Macron will hold his last rally in the southwestern town of Figeac while Marine Le Pen will hit the trail in her strongholds in the North of France.

What happened on Thursday? Marine Le Pen held her last rally, in Arras (North). She returned to her attacking rhetoric by calling for an "anti-Macron front".

Why does it matter? After a campaign centered on the purchasing power issue, the far-right candidate revived a populist discourse that opposes "the people" and "the silent majority" to the "self-proclaimed, arrogant and self-righteous elite".

The second round of the presidential election is not over yet, but a third one is already tak...
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