on with my commitment to france and the french people with energy, perseverance and affection. france opted for the familiar, but elections can help reveal a country s divides. now the challenge of trying to heal them. jessica parker, bbc news in paris. let s focus on one or two of those challenges, and we will do it from the perspective of the north of france with our correspondent anna holligan who is in sallaumines now. it was marine le pen who set the agenda in terms of the cost of living of the everyday challenges for normal folks, living of the everyday challenges for normalfolks, if living of the everyday challenges for normal folks, if i living of the everyday challenges for normalfolks, if i can put living of the everyday challenges for normal folks, if i can put it that way. that remained the big issue right at the end. absolutely