Macron is in Brussels talking about European competitiveness while the post office in Ploëmeur closes next month and there are three supermarkets within ten kilometers of my town. He speaks about innovation and the future like we are all supposed to be software engineers. Meanwhile, a baker who has been here forty years cannot afford the new regulations, and the young people leave because there is nothing left to stay for. The government counts GDP and ignores that entire regions are being hollowed out — this is not governance, it is administrative negligence dressed up as policy. If Le Pen gains votes, it is not because people are suddenly stupid; it is because they have been ignored so thoroughly that anyone who acknowledges their existence looks like an alternative. Fix the countryside or stop pretending to be surprised when it votes against you.
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