France-Presidential: Macron wants to debate with Le Pen on Wednesday
"I
would go to the televised debate between the two rounds of the
presidential election on Wednesday with the intention of delivering a"
body-to-body "with the candidate of the National Front, Marine Le Pen,
to dismantle her project . "
In 2002, Jacques Chirac refused to debate with the founder of the FN and father of Marine le Pen, Jean-Marie, qualified for the second round as general surprise.
"Not to argue, even with his enemy, is a mistake," said the candidate of En Marche !, interviewed by BFMTV. "They are false modesty. The debate took place in the first round, and we debated at five and 11, Mrs. Le Pen was there. "In 2002, Jacques Chirac refused to debate with the founder of the FN and father of Marine le Pen, Jean-Marie, qualified for the second round as general surprise.
"Mrs Le Pen is carrying a project that I consider to be dangerous and that I am fighting but she is there, we have to look at the country in front, there are more than 20% of French women and French people who trusted her project, he added.
The former Minister of Economy explained that he did not want to leave the candidate of the FN the possibility of continuing to put down "dangerous counter-truths"."I will not be in the invective, I will not be in the short cut, I will not be in the insult; I listened yesterday to Mrs. Le Pen, she is only there, "he added. "I want to go " body-to-body ", to combat on the basis of ideas to show that his ideas are false solutions. "
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