The incumbent seems more convincing to the French.
Rivals in the presidential election France Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen held a televised debate, during which they also discussed the topic of the European Union and Russia, and exchanged mutual reproaches. According to the voting results, it turned out that the current head of state won the discussion, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC-Ukraine. ; in the fact that she is in slavery to Russian President Vladimir Putin because of a multi-year loan in a Russian bank provided to her party.
Also, the president, a supporter of the pro-European liberal platform, reproached the Eurosceptic Le Pen for his undying desire to withdraw France from the EU.
She, in turn, during the discussions promised to return money to the pockets of millions of French people who have become poorer during Macron's five-year tenure as head of state.
The current debate was the first throughout the campaign, and were accompanied by frequent calls «not to interrupt» each other and accusations that the opponent is not able to lead France.
Following the televised debate, a poll was conducted by Elabe, L’Express in partnership with SFR, which showed that 59% of respondents consider Macron more convincing . 39% of viewers voted for Le Pen. Another 2% of survey participants did not announce their position.
It remains unclear how this will affect the voting on Sunday, April 24, in the second round of the presidential election in France.