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How the spiralling cost of living affects voters' intentions in France

Dijon - in the east of France - is a region where attitudes and voting habits diverge between the city and the countryside. Macron polls better in urban areas; Le Pen in rural ones.

But there is one thing that unites the French at this election – concern about the spiralling cost of living.

Newshour's James Coomarasamy has been trying to find out what that could mean for these two candidates who are now quite well-engrained in the French political consciousness. His quest began on a small family farm in the village of Barjon.

(Photo shows James Coomarasamy interviewing a voter in the village of Barjon. Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)

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