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Macron went straight after Le Pen's controversial Russia affair when they met in front of an open screen: 'You depend on Putin' | Elections in France | DR On Wednesday night, the two French presidential candidates met for their only TV duel before Sunday's presidential election. evening turned in front of millions of TV viewers.It was both the first and last time before the French presidential election on Sunday that the two politicians met face to face. Therefore, there was also great excitement about the debate, which ended up lasting more than two and a half hours. rivals began to mouth each other and accuse each other of telling untruths in front of an open screen. are five points of reference from "Le Débat": 1No fingers were crossed when the question of Russia emerged as one of the first.Marine Le Pen has previously spoken warmly about the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, whom she has also visited. In addition, years ago her party took out a million-dollar loan from a Russian bank with close ties to the Kremlin regime to cover the expenses. This is exactly what Emmanuel Macron used to question whether Marine Le Pen can even defend France against Russia when it comes to the point.We can not commit harakiri because we want to hurt Russia financially.Marine Le Pen, presidential candidate- When you talk to Russia, you talk to your banker, sounded the accusation of the French president, who also pointed out, that Marine Le Pen was one of the first European politicians to recognize Russia's illegal annexation of the Ukrainian Crimean peninsula in 2014.- You are dependent on Russian power. You are dependent on Mr Putin, said Emmanuel Macron. Marine Le Pen rejected this with a "I am a completely free and independent woman". She added that the party had to borrow money from the Russians because no French banks would give it a loan. In addition, she stressed that Emmanuel Macron himself gave President Putin a magnificent welcome when he visited the Palace of Versailles in 2017. The question about against Russia also came up to turn, and here Marine Le Pen said that she supports the current, but that she is against hitting the Russian oil and gas sector, which is otherwise talked about.- We can not commit harakiri because we want to hurt Russia financially.2Which Emmanuel Macron is a big supporter of, Marine Le Pen is strongly skeptical of European cooperation.But where she previously wanted to pull France completely out of the union and drop out, she has now dropped the idea of a 'Frexit'. In return, she wants to reform cooperation from within so that it becomes less comprehensive, and, among other things, put an end to free trade agreements that "are to the detriment of French companies and farmers". If I wanted out, I would just say it out loud. "I did not think you were listening to conspiracy theories. Marine Le Pen, presidential candidate - I want an alliance of European nations," said Marine Le Pen. other. Not even if one is called Marine Le Pen.- You still want to leave, you just do not say it out loud anymore, he said, adding that Sunday's election will be "one for or against Europe" .But it rejected Marine Le Pen.- If I wanted out, I just wanted to say it out loud. I did not think you were listening to conspiracy theories, she said to her opponent.3Although both candidates want to focus on nuclear power, there is a big difference in how they look and other forms of energy. Where Emmanuel Macron among other things has plans about establishing 50 new offshore wind farms, Marine Le Pen wants to tear down the current ones. And while Emmanuel Macron believes that "France will be stronger if it embraces the green transition", Marine Le Pen believes that the transition is already going too fast. It is very obvious that you are a climate skeptic. Emmanuel Macron, presidential candidate- very obvious that you are a climate skeptic, it sounded from Emmanuel Macron, who in recent weeks has turned up his green focus - among other things by promising that the green transition must happen "twice as fast" as today. has been seen by many as an attempt by Emmanuel Macron to lure some of the green left-wing voters who are otherwise critical of him to. Marine Le Pen also accused the opponent of being "climate hypocrites". And she added that the free trade is extremely harmful to the climate, as it means that goods are imported from countries that are thousands of kilometers away from France. Therefore, it will only benefit the climate if the French instead start buying home-produced products, she said.4Marine Le Pen has for years advocated having an extremely strict foreign policy, where she will, among other things, ban Muslim women from wearing in public space.She believes it will free women from "Islamist pressure ", as she herself put it.- I think we need to introduce a law against Islamist. I'm not fighting a religion. "I'm not against Islam, which is a religion that has a place in France," said Marine Le Pen. "Then you need the police to run after girls with headscarves and boys with kippas." and he stressed during the debate that it "will trigger one" if the proposal is implemented.- It makes no sense. It is to confuse all the problems of confusing Islam with Islamism, he said, adding that France would eventually become the first country in the world to ban the use of religious symbols in public space.- Then you have to have the police run after girls with headscarves and boys with kippa, said President Macron.5 There was a lot of focus in advance on how the two candidates would handle the debate in terms of form. When they met for a similar debate before the 2017 presidential election, Marine Le Pen seemed both unfocused the pressure. She subsequently admitted that she had been exhausted, which had cost her dearly. Therefore, she had also done a lot to prepare extra thoroughly this time, and she also seemed to have more profit and calm during the debate, where she Among other things, he also praised his opponent's diplomatic efforts in relation to the war in Ukraine. Madame Le Pen, Madame Le Pen, Madame Le Pen. Emmanuel Macron, presidential candidate for mistakes and misunderstandings.- Madame Le Pen, Madame Le Pen, Madame Le Pen, he said several times while either crossing his arms or sitting and looking at her wondering.- You create confusion about everything, he also said.There nor did it take long before 'arrogant' started trending on Twitter. Emmanuel Macron has just been criticized for appearing both arrogant and well-informed. But even though Marine Le Pen did better than five years ago, the verdict was subsequently harsh. The newspaper Le Parisien wrote that she was on the defensive, while the left-wing newspaper Libération stated on the front page that she "still is not on a level" with her opponent. 59 percent of viewers found President Macron more convincing than Marine Le Pen. days.