France elections: Amiens residents say they won't vote for Macron

Residents of Mr Macron's hometown have turned their back on him ahead of France's snap elections.

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President Macron famously spent his youth in this northern cathedral city. His wife (and former teacher) Brigitte is from a well-known local family, the Trogneux, whose 150-year-old confectionary business still prospers on the high street.

But finding anyone to say a good word about the embattled French leader is not easy.

Outside the Carrefour hypermarket on the northern outskirts, by far the greatest number of people we questioned said they would be choosing the National Rally (RN) at the snap elections on 30 June.

Some had voted Macron in the past; some had voted left in the past; some had regularly voted far-right.

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