(8 Jul 2024)
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Paris, France – 08 July 2024
1. Tilt-up of Liberation newspaper front page (French) ‘It’s insane’ (pun around meaning of "ouf" as sigh of relief and slang for ‘crazy’) and Le Parisien headline reading (French) ‘And now, what do we do?’
2. Various of newspaper frontpages
3. Customers taking papers from stand
4. People having coffee at terrace and newsagent in background
5. SOUNDBITE (French) Sibylle Lavalle, 30, works in finance:
"I was incredibly delighted about the fact that the left-wing alliance managed to get together and made it and now they have to commit. They have a great responsibility towards the people who voted for them."
6. People walking into and out of metro station
7. SOUNDBITE (French) Rachid Sabry, 60, teacher:
"Honestly, it’s a relief. It’s a relief because I see again the France that I know. I arrived here as a student a few decades ago and it’s true I fell in love with this country. I built a family with a French woman and it’s true that a few weeks ago, there was a moment of doubt. I asked myself some questions but now I feel much better. It doesn’t mean it’s over though. We have to remain mobilised."
8. People walking out of metro station
9. Waiter bringing coffee to man sitting at terrace
10. SOUNDBITE (French) Rachid Sabry, 60, teacher:
"Honestly, in a way, it reflects what France is. France is a democracy. There are many different opinions and means to express them. There are many ways to say what you think. It’s a privilege but sometimes, it’s also tricky! Good luck to everyone but it’s true that the fact the National Rally party didn’t win is a very good thing for us."
11. Wide of avenue leading to Arc de Triomphe
12. Arc de Triomphe
13. SOUNDBITE (French) Ludovic (no last name given), resident:
"They can make alliances with whoever they want. It’s a political strategy but is building a dam (against the far-right), really an alliance… We saw that (Far-left leader Jean-Luc) Mélanchon pushed to resist the far-right in the last presidential elections but then changed sides against (President) Emmanuel Macron. I don’t know whether they’re going to feel very comfortable with this dam (alliance)…"
14. Workers entering café
15. SOUNDBITE (French) Nadine Dupuis, 60, legal secretary:
"A huge relief. Like many French people, what pollsters and the press were telling us made me very nervous so it’s a huge relief. Big expectations as well. What’s going to happen? How are they going to govern this country? More importantly, all these laws… since there’s no absolute majority and with this curious distribution of seats – I think it’s going to be very exciting!"
16. Various exteriors of National Assembly
STORYLINE:
Residents in Paris expressed both relief and concern on Monday as voters divided their legislature among left, center and far-right, with no single political faction getting even close to the majority needed to form a government.
President Emmanuel Macron gambled that his decision to call snap elections would give France a “moment of clarification." But the outcome showed the opposite, less than three weeks before the start of the Paris Olympics thrusts the country on the international stage.
According to the second-round results tallied early Monday, a leftist coalition surged to take the most seats in parliament.
Macron’s centrists have the second-largest faction and the unpopular president will have to form alliances to run the government.
AP video shot by Nicolas Garriga
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