French election 2022: Marine Le Pen spies her chance to prove mightier than Macron's status quo - The Times

Those queueing in the sun in Perpignan for Marine Le Pen’s last rally before today’s presidential election agreed on one thing: France has lost its way. They just could not decide when this began — was it during the past five years under Emmanuel Macron or is the malaise far more deeply rooted?

For Thierry Vidal, 54, who works for the council and takes home just €1,300 (£1,086) a month, day-to-day reality makes him angry. “Filling up my trolley at the supermarket costs me €200. Not long ago, it used to be half that,” he complained. “But my wages don’t go up. Is that normal?” Jeannette, 63, still hesitating between Le Pen and Éric Zemmour, who has outflanked her on the right, is more worried

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