Meeting with Marine Le Pen voters on the Caen market
By Agathe Caudron
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“His safety program suits us, we must not let just anyone in”, argues a couple of workers. Laura and Dominique already know that they will vote “without hesitation” for the far-right candidate, Marine Le Pen, during the second round on Sunday April 24, 2022. While strolling on the Caen market (Calvados), located along the port, a week before D-Day, they claim to have supported it “for years”.
“I’m not racist but…”
A little further on, Pascale, a retired seamstress, watches the various exhibitors as she walks.
I prefer Marine, but I voted Mélenchon in the first round, because I wanted him to face her, so as not to have a Macron/Le Pen duel. What interests me are questions about purchasing power.
However, the 64-year-old lady, who has “not read the program” of the RN (National Rally) candidate, appreciates her ideas on immigration. “I’m not racist, my daughter’s godfather is black, but there are foreign slackers who take advantage of it. »
For his part, Lionel assists his future clients. The butcher with the red apron believes “that she is more fit to govern” than Emmanuel Macron, because “she has been in politics for longer”. But he is waiting for “the last minute” to decide.
In 2017, I voted for Le Pen, but during the debate between the two rounds, she got fired. Today, she no longer has her head on her shoulders, so we’ll see…
Not everyone fears the rise to power of the extreme right. “Macron scares us more,” adds Pascale. Nevertheless, David, accompanied by his daughter, finds that “his program does not address feminist issues enough”. In addition, “we don’t really know if she will do everything she says”, Pascale is wary.
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