At two days of the first round, the main democratic appointment of the country seems not to interest the French. The political landscape seems full fog, while the country is prey to deep tights.
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It smells bad. Joking threw stinking balls at the back of the room, forcing to open the windows to ventilate. The public, about 250 people, took time to arrive in the home of sports and associations of Louviers (Eure), on Saturday, March 26th. The slogan “with you” bar the posters on the walls. If there was not the face of Emmanuel Macron on it, we would think in a municipal campaign.
Sébastien Lecornu, microphone under the chin, boasts the action of the head of state, “at the height of man” and concerned about “independence” national. A woman interrupts the Minister of Overseas, Sardonic: “By selling French florets?” From the outside comes a deaf noise. That of twenty “yellow vests”, which sing and blow in fog horns.
Bruno The mayor descends from the platform to better kiss the room. The Minister of the Economy is surprised at the climate of Atony of the campaign, who sees the surveys promise a comfortable re-election in Emmanuel Macron at the vote of April 10 and 24, on the back of abstention and war in Ukraine. As if the French had head to the east, or just elsewhere. “It’s the most important election, and I feel a certain indifference …”, is he worried. The “democratic accident”, who would see the candidate of the national rally (Rn), Marine Le Pen, win, “can always arrive,” said Sébastien Lecornu. “Do not let this election steal!” Bruno the mayor, finally lifting some vivats. A woman then jumps on stage to protest the vaccine pass. She is immediately evacuated.
Funny presidential campaign, whose apparent inanity hides deep tensus. Since the appearance of the CIVID-19 epidemic, in March 2020, French political life seems caught in a fog; Maybe he had arrived with the victory of Emmanuel Macron, in 2017. Still, the main democratic appointment of the country does not interest. The record for abstention recorded in 2002 (28.4%), election marked by the thunderclee of the qualification of Jean-Marie Le Pen in the second round, could again be reached, warn the opinion investigations.
“The presidents follow each other and nothing happens”
“Anxiety”, “uncertainty” and “fatigue”: these are the first three sentiments expressed by the French when the institutes of surveys question them about their state of mind. But, “when you are tired, you want to go on vacation, not take care of politics”, recognizes a former power advisor. “There is a request problem, no offer.”
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