By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on BFMTV
An Elabe survey conducted for La Tribune and BFMTV places former Prime Minister Édouard Philippe at the top of the candidates seen as the strongest for the right and the centre in the French presidential election. Published on Saturday, the survey is reported by BFMTV, which also cites Jordan Bardella (RN) on the candidacy of Teddy Riner.
The leader of La France insoumise is consolidating his second place behind Marine Le Pen, who is credited with 31% to 33% in the first round, five months before the vote. Teddy Riner, who announced his candidacy this week, gets 4.5% in one of six scenarios tested, according to the Elabe poll for BFMTV and La Tribune Dimanche.
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Judo champion Teddy Riner is credited with 4.5% of voting intentions in a poll for the French presidential election. On Saturday, at the Made in France trade show in Paris, he insisted he was not Emmanuel Macron’s envoy. According to BFMTV, Republicans vice-president Florence Portelli fears a second round between the two extremes.
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The idea of a primary between Gabriel Attal (Renaissance), Édouard Philippe (Horizons), Bruno Retailleau (LR) and David Lisnard (Nouvelle Énergie) has gained ground again in recent days, with Les Républicains strongly backing it. Jean-Charles Orsucci, spokesperson for Gabriel Attal, says the primary must succeed, according to BFMTV.
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French Higher Education Minister Philippe Baptiste refers to an “intensification of violence” on campuses after the attack on a vice-president of the University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin. He does not draw a link between this attack and the current social movement, calls for classes to resume and asks for the investigation to continue, according to BFMTV.
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Netanyahu renews call for unity government with EisenkotIsrael’s interim Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has again called for a national unity government with Gadi Eisenkot, which he says is the only way to guarantee Israel’s security. Eisenkot, tasked with forming the government, dismisses the appeal as 'tricks', and no bloc has a majority of the 120 seats, according to Al Jazeera.
Ramaphosa’s spokesperson accused of insolence by Nigerian missionThe Nigerian High Commission in South Africa accuses Vincent Magwenya, spokesperson for Cyril Ramaphosa, of damaging his country’s image, according to Punch. It accuses him of calling the new ambassador, Femi Fani-Kayode, a liar a few hours after the latter presented his credentials in Pretoria.The week in Africa
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