, was loading discounted eggs, sugar and milk into her car. With prices rising, the 55-year-old couldn’t stretch to a full trolley and could rarely afford to drive to Guéret, her nearest town.
Worries about purchasing power and how to make ends meet have become French voters’ top concern before the April presidential election. Last week there was a national strike over wages and the blockade of fuel depots, with people in rural areas dependent on cars saying they were being hit hard. If Macron is re-elected next month – as polls suggest he will be – there are questions over whether he could face another form of social protest movement like thedemonstrations, which began over fuel taxes and living costs and morphed into a widespread anti-government revolt.
On walls near Lidl in Guéret, posters for the hard-left candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon, who is rising in the polls, promised he would “block prices” for essential goods. Martin would vote for him. At a local fuel pump, Jean, 73, parked his Skoda. “Because pensions are so low I’ve got to keep working,” he said of his job in transport logistics. He voted for Macron in 2017 but won’t do so again. “We’re sleepwalking into a social crisis, salaries are low and people feel suffocated,” he said.Photograph: Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium/Zuma/Rex/Shutterstock
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