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Cost of living takes centre stage at French election as gas prices soar

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We're less than one month away from the first round of a very unusual presidential election, shadowed by the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. FRANCE 24 takes a look at one of the voters' top priorities: the cost of living. We also report from the latest climate protests, where French citizens have called for more attention to the environmental crisis.

Added on the 14/03/2022 21:31:21 - Copyright : France 24 EN

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