People in France: what are your biggest concerns and current political views?

In the wake of a heavy defeat to Marine Le Pen’s National Rally party (RN) in the European elections, Emmanuel Macron has called a snap election. Here, election staff count ballots for the 2024 European Parliament election at the Bayeux Town Hall counting center, one of 11 in the city, on 9 June, 2024, in Bayeux, Normandy, France. Photograph: Artur Widak/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

After suffering a crushing defeat at the hands of Marine Le Pen’s far right National Rally (RN) in the European parliamentary elections, French president Emmanuel Macron on Sunday unexpectedly announced a snap general election that will be held within the next 30 days.

We’d like to hear from people in France who are eligible to vote in the upcoming French election which political issues are most important to them today, and how they are planning to vote.

What kind of change are you hoping for in France? Have you shifted politically in recent months or years, and if so, why? And what do you make of current French politics?

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