French presidential elections, the report cards of the debate

PARIS – 59 percent of the French have no doubts: he is the outgoing president Emmanuel Macron to have dominated last night’s long debate, four days before Sunday’s ballot. This was revealed by a “hot” poll by Elabe. But the press read the nearly 3 hours of confrontation differently. We therefore asked the director of Libération Dov Alfon – who opened his newspaper with a close-up of Marine Le Pen full page and the words “Not yet up to par” – ea Philippe Gelie, deputy editor of Le Figaro – a newspaper that instead headlines “Macron dominates, Le Pen holds its own” suggesting a substantial tie – the reasons …