Left alliance candidates march through the streets of Paris, distributing leaflets and interacting with voters. In their walks, they have the support of new volunteers who try to help them attract the attention of the electorate.
The candidates of the left alliance They marched through the streets of Paris accompanied by a music band, while they distributed leaflets and spoke with voters.
As the first round of early elections in France approaches, many voters were taken by surprisethe New Popular Front, a alliance of french parties On the left, he works hard to make himself heard in the French capital.
Meanwhile, on many occasions, they send new volunteers to more rural areas. These volunteers, who have very little experiencethey try to help candidates attract the attention of votersin its attempt not to fall too far behind in voting intentions, given the rise of the far-right party, National Agrupation.
“On the last ‘door-to-door’ day, I only had the company of new people. Normally we pair experienced volunteers with new ones to acquire the desired skills. However, this time, we had to do a express training session and send them to the streets,” said left-wing activist Jaspal De Oliveira-Gill, after organizing a canvassing campaign in her neighborhood.
Thibaut Pham is not old enough to remember the year 2002, after the extreme rightwith Jean-Marie Le Pen, will reach the second round of the presidential elections.
However, now that he sees his heir, Marine Le Pen, within reach of a landslide victoryPham points out that “it is the ideal time to get involved” In the elections.
“First of all, to protect ourselves from the danger of having the National Rally in power and, at the same time, to promote a different platform, environmental values, social values and make France move in the right direction“, declared the 25-year-old to an American news agency.
During the recent European elections, which caused these early elections in France, more than a third of National Group voters They were between 25 and 34 years old. Furthermore, 60% of those under 35 years of age they abstained in community elections.
Pham insists that this is fault of the government “by not listening to voterspopular demands, and not even listening to their own parliamentarians”.
“When you hear that, it’s hard to be surprised that young people do not get involved and feel a little sad or try to take different paths, for better or worse,” says Pham.
The next early legislative elections They will be held in double round, June 30 and July 7following Macron’s decision to dissolve the National Assembly.
