"You trust Russian power and Mr. Putin." : Emmanuel Macron takes on Marine Le Pen (VIDEO)

Starting at 9 PM this Wednesday, April 20, TF1 and France 2 aired the eighth debate between the two rounds in television history. As in 2017, Emmanuel Macron, who won the first round of the presidential election, faced Marine Le Pen. While the debate invited the two candidates to talk about international relations and especially the war in Ukraine, Emmanuel Macron put up a fight, accusing him of being dependent on Marine Le Pen. “Russia” and “Mr. Putin”. “You trust the Russian power and you trust Mr. Putin. Because a few months after you said Ms. Le Pen, you got a loan from a Russian bank in 2015, from the first Czech Russian Bank close to power in September 2014. Then you later got that loan completely transparent. , you have repurchased with other actors known, notified, notarized and then involved in the war in Syria”, he progressed.

And the current tenant of Elysée will continue: “And so you don’t talk to other leaders, you talk to your banker when you talk about Russia. That’s the problem, Madam Le Pen. There are bold and difficult positions to be taken, neither you nor your representatives are there. It’s a coincidence that 5 years ago Russia intervened in the campaign that has proven to be destabilizing. “If you’ve always been uncertain because you’re not in a position of power. You can’t defend properly about it. It’s the interests of France, because your interests are linked to people close to Russian power.”

A self-defense attack by Marine Le Pen. “I don’t blame myself for preventing me from getting a loan from a French bank and going abroad to buy a bank (…) I made a loan to a Czech-Russian bank because to date I have not been able to get a loan either in France or in Europe. It’s a long time to pay back, we pay back ruby ​​on nail every month”The front-line candidate replied.

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