Shoppers, increasingly concerned about how to make ends meet, are buying smaller and smaller quantities of Robert fruits and vegetables, she says. And some of its customers no longer come to the market at all for baguettes, cheeses and other delicious offers. Robert suspects that with fuel prices so high, some can no longer afford to go shopping for their vehicles. “People are scared – with everything going up, with fuel prices going up,” he said on Friday as the campaign for one of the two parts of the French election drama, set against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine, came to an end. . Macron, a political centrist, for months looked like he would become France’s first president in 20 years to win a second term. But this scenario was blurred in the closing stages of the campaign. The pain of inflation and pump, food and energy prices, which particularly affect low-income households, then re-emerged as the dominant electoral issues. They could lead many voters on Sunday into the arms of far-right leader Marin Le Pen, Macron’s political hostility. Macron, now 44, defeated Le Pen to become France’s youngest president in 2017. The victory for the former banker, who, unlike Le Pen, is a staunch supporter of European cooperation, was seen as a victory against the populist, nationalist policy, which comes in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to the White House and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, both in 2016. In the flirtation with voters, Macron has to point to economic success: The French economy is recovering faster than expected from the COVID-19 strike, with a growth rate of 7% in 2021, the highest since 1969. Unemployment has fallen at levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, triggering the worst security crisis in Europe since World War II, Macron also had an electoral blow to the world. to gather around the wartime leader. But Le Pen, 53, is now a more sophisticated, formidable and clever political enemy as she makes her third attempt to become France’s first female president. And he has been campaigning hard for months on cost-of-living concerns, taking advantage of what pollsters say is primarily in the minds of voters. Lepen also achieved two notable achievements. Despite her plans to drastically reduce immigration and revoke some rights for Muslims in France, she still seems to have convinced more and more voters that she is no longer the dangerous, racist nationalist extremist for whom critics, including Macron, blame. She did so in part by reducing some of her rhetoric and fieryness. He also had outside help: The presidency of Eric Zemour, an even more extreme far-right insurgent with repeated condemnations of hate speech, had the significant benefit of making Le Pen look almost mainstream in comparison. Second, and also surprising: Le Pen has skillfully bypassed any major blow to its previously perceived closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She went to the Kremlin to meet with him during her last presidential campaign in 2017. But in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine, this potential embarrassment does not seem to have turned Lepen supporters against her. He called the invasion “completely defenseless” and said Putin’s behavior could not be justified “in any way”. At her market stall, Robert says she intends to vote for Macron, in part because of the billions of dollars (‘s) spent by his government at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain France’s people, businesses and economy. . When the grocery store closed, Robert took 1,500 euros ($ 1,600) a month to deliver it. “He left no one on the side of the road,” he says of Macron. But he believes that this time, Lepen also has a chance. “He has changed the way he speaks,” Robert said. “She has learned to temper herself.” Aside from a monumental surprise, both Macron and Lepen are expected to advance again from the field of the first round with 12 candidates, to organize a rematch with all the winners in the second round on April 24. Polls suggest left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is likely to finish out of third place. Some of France’s overseas territories in the Pacific, Caribbean and South America vote on Saturday, before Sunday in mainland France. When Macron made a campaign stop in Poissy, the city west of Paris where Robert has his bench, in early March, pollsters put him ahead of Le Pen with a double-digit number. Although Le Pen’s victory still looks unlikely, much of Macron’s advantage then evaporated. Busy with the war in Ukraine, Macron may be paying the price for his somewhat sluggish campaign, which has made him appear distanced from some voters. Market lover Marie-Helene Hirel, a 64-year-old retired taxman, voted for Macron in 2017, but said she was too angry with him to do it again. Fighting for her pension with rising prices, Hirel said she was considering changing her vote in Le Pen, which has promised cuts in fuel and energy taxes that Macron says would be disastrous. Although “Le Pen’s relationship with Putin worries me,” Hirel said voting for her would be a way of protesting against Macron and what he sees as his failure to better protect people from the sting of inflation. “Now I’m part of the ‘All Against Macron’ camp,” he said. “He’s making fun of us all.”
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title: “In France A Nail Biting Election As Macron S Rival Surges " ShowToc: true date: “2022-11-03” author: “Duane Buel”
POISSY, France (AP) – From the market bench outside Paris, which she has run for 40 years, Yvette Robert can see first-hand how rising prices are weighing on France’s presidential election and turning the first round of voting into Sunday on a nail for the current President Emanuel Macron. Shoppers, increasingly concerned about how to make ends meet, are buying smaller and smaller quantities of Robert fruits and vegetables, she says. And some of its customers no longer come to the market at all for baguettes, cheeses and other delicious offers. Robert suspects that with fuel prices so high, some can no longer afford to go shopping for their vehicles. “People are scared – with everything going up, with fuel prices going up,” he said on Friday as the campaign for one of the two parts of the French election drama, set against the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine, came to an end. . Macron, a political centrist, for months looked like he would become France’s first president in 20 years to win a second term. But this scenario was blurred in the closing stages of the campaign. The pain of inflation and pump, food and energy prices, which particularly affect low-income households, then re-emerged as the dominant electoral issues. They could lead many voters on Sunday into the arms of far-right leader Marin Le Pen, Macron’s political hostility. Macron, now 44, defeated Le Pen to become France’s youngest president in 2017. The victory for the former banker, who, unlike Le Pen, is a staunch supporter of European cooperation, was seen as a victory against the populist, nationalist policy, which comes in the wake of Donald Trump’s election to the White House and Britain’s vote to leave the European Union, both in 2016. In the flirtation with voters, Macron has to point to economic success: The French economy is recovering faster than expected from the COVID-19 strike, with a growth rate of 7% in 2021, the highest since 1969. Unemployment has fallen at levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, triggering the worst security crisis in Europe since World War II, Macron also had an electoral blow to the world. to gather around the wartime leader. But Le Pen, 53, is now a more sophisticated, formidable and clever political enemy as she makes her third attempt to become France’s first female president. And he has been campaigning hard for months on cost-of-living concerns, taking advantage of what pollsters say is primarily in the minds of voters. Lepen also achieved two notable achievements. Despite her plans to drastically reduce immigration and revoke some rights for Muslims in France, she still seems to have convinced more and more voters that she is no longer the dangerous, racist nationalist extremist for whom critics, including Macron, blame. She did so in part by reducing some of her rhetoric and fieryness. He also had outside help: The presidency of Eric Zemour, an even more extreme far-right insurgent with repeated condemnations of hate speech, had the significant benefit of making Le Pen look almost mainstream in comparison. Second, and also surprising: Le Pen has skillfully bypassed any major blow to its previously perceived closeness to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She went to the Kremlin to meet with him during her last presidential campaign in 2017. But in the aftermath of the war in Ukraine, this potential embarrassment does not seem to have turned Lepen supporters against her. He called the invasion “completely defenseless” and said Putin’s behavior could not be justified “in any way”. At her market stall, Robert says she intends to vote for Macron, in part because of the billions of dollars (‘s) spent by his government at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic to sustain France’s people, businesses and economy. . When the grocery store closed, Robert took 1,500 euros ($ 1,600) a month to deliver it. “He left no one on the side of the road,” he says of Macron. But he believes that this time, Lepen also has a chance. “He has changed the way he speaks,” Robert said. “She has learned to temper herself.” Aside from a monumental surprise, both Macron and Lepen are expected to advance again from the field of the first round with 12 candidates, to organize a rematch with all the winners in the second round on April 24. Polls suggest left-wing leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon is likely to finish out of third place. Some of France’s overseas territories in the Pacific, Caribbean and South America vote on Saturday, before Sunday in mainland France. When Macron made a campaign stop in Poissy, the city west of Paris where Robert has his bench, in early March, pollsters put him ahead of Le Pen with a double-digit number. Although Le Pen’s victory still looks unlikely, much of Macron’s advantage then evaporated. Busy with the war in Ukraine, Macron may be paying the price for his somewhat sluggish campaign, which has made him appear distanced from some voters. Texas AG: Psaki “does not understand the reality” of the situation at the border Woman faces charges of murder in Texas after self-induced abortion Market lover Marie-Helene Hirel, a 64-year-old retired taxman, voted for Macron in 2017, but said she was too angry with him to do it again. Fighting for her pension with rising prices, Hirel said she was considering changing her vote in Le Pen, which has promised cuts in fuel and energy taxes that Macron says would be disastrous. Although “Le Pen’s relationship with Putin worries me,” Hirel said voting for her would be a way of protesting against Macron and what he sees as his failure to better protect people from the sting of inflation. “Now I’m part of the ‘All Against Macron’ camp,” he said. “He’s making fun of us all.”
