The massive protests in France they give themselves to six months before the presidential electionsin which the country will choose its next president after the two terms of Emmanuel Macron.
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In the midst of a context of strong polarizationthe lights have come on radical candidates from left and from right, Jean-Luc Melenchon and Marine Le Penrespectively.
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Protesters They accuse the high cost of livingthe inflationthe deterioration of public services, the crisis in public education and budget cuts, all in a State with a excessive debtsevere droughts and IMF alerts to rethink the level of spending in the coming years.
Nicolas Baverezin an analysis published in The Figaroensures that Melenchon proposes to ignore the huge public debtwhich would make France a financial pariah.
While Le Pen proposes “false economies and new real expenses” that would increase the fiscal deficit by two or three points, as columnist Baverez explained, so it is believed that the two favorite candidates They could face harsh setbacks in their potential governments.
The reality is that, in the midst of the demonstrations in the big cities of France, the polls show Le Pen as a big favorite with more than 30 percent support, Mélenchon is over 15 pointslike Macron’s former minister Edouard Philippe.
so much Le Pen, Melenchon and Edouard Philippe could use the causes of the mobilizations as the flag of his campaign.
The leader of France’s far right, Marine Le Pen. Photo:EL TIEMPO Archive / AFP and EFE Agencies
Images of looting and burning cars They tend to benefit those who promise a tough handlike the candidacies of Le Pen or your ally Jordan Bardella.
Although Macron shook up the public debate by blaming extreme left groups for being behind the excesses and destruction in the country.
While in the speech against cost of living and the government measures Emmanuel Macronboth left and right they are together in the reviews on a worn-out continuity after 10 years of centrist government facing the return to the polls scheduled for April 17 of next year.
