2017 French presidential election
Debates

2017 French presidential election

Section Title: Debates
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2017 French presidential election first-round debates

Date	Organizers	Moderators	P Present NI Non-invitee	Notes

Arthaud	Poutou	Mélenchon	Hamon	Macron	Lassalle	Fillon	Dupont-Aignan	Asselineau	Le Pen	Cheminade

20 March 21:00 CET	TF1 LCI	Anne-Claire Coudray Gilles Bouleau	NI	NI	P	P	P	NI	P	NI	NI	P	NI

4 April 20:40 CEST	BFM TV CNews	Ruth Elkrief Laurence Ferrari	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

Candidate viewed as "most convincing" in each debate

Debate	Poll source	Arthaud	Poutou	Mélenchon	Hamon	Macron	Lassalle	Fillon	Dupont-Aignan	Asselineau	Le Pen	Cheminade	Notes

20 March TF1/LCI	Elabe	20%	11%	29%	19%	19%

OpinionWay	17%	8%	25%	20%	18%

Harris*	13%	6%	20%	17%	18%

Ifop-Fiducial*	17%	5%	19%	12%	16%

4 April BFM TV/CNews	Elabe	3%	5%	25%	9%	21%	1%	15%	6%	3%	11%	0%

OpinionWay	1%	3%	20%	8%	19%	2%	17%	5%	3%	10%	0%

Harris*	1%	2%	14%	6%	16%	2%	12%	4%	1%	15%	0%

Ifop-Fiducial*	2%	6%	24%	7%	19%	2%	16%	5%	2%	16%	1%

* Harris and Ifop-Fiducial polls were conducted among those aware of the debate; Elabe and OpinionWay polls among debate viewers.

Sentence(s)

A debate between Fillon, Hamon, Le Pen, Macron, and Mélenchon took place on March 20, hosted by TF1 and moderated by Anne-Claire Coudray and Gilles Bouleau.

final_sentence: A debate between Fillon, Hamon, Le Pen, Macron, and Mélenchon took place on March 20, hosted by TF1 and moderated by Anne-Claire Coudray and Gilles Bouleau.