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Nearly 19 million voters voted for Emmanuel Macron in the second round of the presidential election on Sunday April 24. However, only half voted by membership. His re-election raises a lot of expectations. Report in Finistère.
Emmanuel Macron was re-elected on Sunday April 24. Voters are now asserting their expectation. In Douarnenez, in Finistère, amateur fishermen have retained a campaign promise: “the increase in retirement, he had said so“, says one of them. In the eyes of Christian, it is a priority. Without the salary of his wife, it would be difficult to make ends meet.Let them help retirees a little, because we never help retirees. (…) Life is hard now“, he confides.
Another argument heard on the port, from left-wing voters who blocked Marine Le Pen, investing in the health system. “Have more human and financial resources for the French hospital, which we often forget“, says a caregiver. A resident, meanwhile, reports that he “there is no more gynecologist“at her house, and what she must do”almost an hour drive” for a consultation. If Brittany has largely placed Emmanuel Macron in the lead, the region is however less favorable to him than in 2017.