Thread by @ClaireBerlinski

So @ArunInParis wanted an agenda for the Twitter Space; here's the one I suggest, feel free to amend.
1. Polls. Who's up this week? Who's down? Whose poll do we trust and why?

https://twitter.com/ClaireBerlinski/status/1482635478302171136

2. The pandemic: How significant do we think this issue will prove? How are the candidates positioning themselves as pandemic-wranglers? Macron's "emmerder" gambit.

3. Parrainage: Will any candidate fail to get the signatures?

4. The primaire populaire de la gauche: Does this matter at all? Is there any chance of a left candidate emerging through any conceivable path?

5. Check out Marine Le Pen's new brand! "The softer, gentler, more respectable lunatic far-right." "At least *I* don't kick handicapped kids."

6. Speaking of which: What was Zemmour *thinking?*

7. Why exactly are the French so worried about immigration and crime, given that rates of the former are low and rates of the latter are falling? What does this really mean?

8. Pécresse: The so-far disappointing campaign. Could her strategy work?

9. The legislatives: Is anyone paying attention to these?

10. What are the candidates saying about Ukraine and Russia?
@ArunLeParisien @jclavel2003 @fredericg; feel free to amend or offer other ideas.

@john_lichfield, @moutet, @iamhurst, @VladDavidzon, @NTenzer, @tomfor, you're all warmly invited.
And actually, let's move item 10 up on the list so it's not overlooked.