Angry and left behind: Rural voters back French far-right in challenge for Macron

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BRIARE, France: Marie-France Chouffeur, a 52-year old farm worker from a small town in central France, had never voted for the far-right before April's presidential election, when she backed National Rally (RN) leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron. This month, she was one of many rural vo

BRIARE, France: Marie-France Chouffeur, a 52-year old farm worker from a small town in central France, had never voted for the far-right before April's presidential election, when she backed National Rally leader Marine Le Pen against incumbent Emmanuel Macron.

"He let us fall behind," she said while selling vegetables at a market in Briare, a quiet town about 150 kilometres south of Paris.Like most people in rural areas, Chouffeur depends on her car, driving 64km a day to get to work. The RN's gains among voters like her indicate Macron's failure to heed lessons from the 2018-2019 Yellow Vest revolt, driven by eroding household budgets and a sense of abandonment by the state.

In RN voting areas, more people than average still use heating oil to warm their houses and health services are less accessible, data shows, while poverty rates are higher than the national average but lower than in left-voting constituencies.

 

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