βItβs going to be tightβ: Macronβs centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right
With the first round of Franceβs snap election on Sunday, the presidentβs allies are desperate to shore up support
Standing in a courtyard framed by the white walls of one of Marseilleβs Armenian churches, Sabrina Agresti-Roubache, Franceβs secretary of state tasked with citizenship, took a deep breath, choosing her words carefully as she addressed a voter who had admitted she was considering switching allegiances to the far right.
Agresti-Roubache, born to a family with Algerian roots, led with the heart, describing how concerns over the snap parliamentary election results had left her elderly mother βin tearsβ daily. When the tactic proved futile, she changed tack. βWhen you donβt have power, you can say whatever people want to hear,β said Agresti-Roubache.
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