meeting voters who do not recognize themselves in the election of Emmanuel Macron

In Maubeuge (North)a former socialist stronghold, few people celebrated Emmanuel Macron’s victory on Monday, April 25. Candidate Marine Le Pen came out on top. In the region, she relied on new voters. A nurse says she is disappointed with the result. “I tell myself the French may not have understood everything, I don’t know. I feel like we’re sinking, when we could change things“, she admits. She does not feel concerned by the words of Emmanuel Macron, whom she judges “a lot for the rich and nothing for the others“.

The city records a rate of almost 40% abstentions, not counting blank votes. Among them, a newsagent, who says to himself “tired of promises they don’t keep“. Despite the mistrust, Emmanuel Macron won 3,000 more votes in Maubeuge compared to 2017. An increase that he owes to Jean-Luc Mélenchon and his voters. For the legislative elections, the ballot seems more uncertain than ever.