Freeze the price increases across the board for struggling millions of people. freeze it, don t do anything less radical than that and use the excess profits from oil and gas companies as a windfall tax to pay for that. that answers the question, do you get it how hard it is for so many people across the country? i completely get it. you know, my dad worked in a factory, my mum was a nurse. i actually do know what it s like to sit around the kitchen table not being able to pay your bills. i remember our utilities, our phone being cut off because we couldn t pay the bill. so i know what s going through people s minds. how long was the phone cut off for? oh, for periods of time, you know, i don t know, months at a time. but we got to a point where we couldn t pay for the utilities. i m not claiming great poverty or. no, no, no, it sjust interesting that you ve been through that. but i do know what it s like to sit around the table and think we can t make ends meet. the other interesting
There were lessons there, too. translation: i d like you to address the needs of us - workers, increase salaries, because today we can t make ends meet. marine le pen is doing better in this election because she has spent years talking about rising prices and the struggle to make ends meet. her solutions include no income tax for anyone under 30 and a huge cut in vat on fuel. it has helped make her the first choice for voters in their late 20s, 30s and 405. and her team includes lots of young faces in key roles, like the party s temporary president, who is only 26. translation: we talk- about all kinds of protections, all insecurities, and it is our greatest strength. i don t feel that our measures are radical because they are the majority view in the country. priority for french nationals, economic patriotism, closing radical mosques, deporting offenders. when we defend radical ideas, i think we are defending common sense.
In france, emmanuel macron and marine le pen have begun the final stage of their campaign for the presidency with both of them through to the second round of voting in two weeks time. some polls have put them almost neck and neck. here s our paris correspondent, lucy williamson. in the north eastern town of dinard today, mr macron got a master class on why people are voting for marine le pen. everyone talks about the taxes, the taxes, the taxes, this woman says. we have no spending power, we just work and buy groceries to eat. let s see how we compare with others, mr macron replies. he is here to chase the support of far left voters. there were lessons there, too. translation: i d like you to address the needs of us - workers, increase salaries, because today we can t make ends meet. marine le pen is doing better in this election because she has spent years talking about rising prices and the struggle
Of the votes in the first round with ms le pen, who leads the far right national rally party, four points behind. our paris correspondent lucy williamson reports. in the north eastern town of dinard today, mr macron got a master class on why people are voting for marine le pen. everyone talks about the taxes, the taxes, the taxes, this woman says. we have no spending power, we just work and buy groceries to eat. we are in deep trouble in france. let s see how we compare with others, mr macron replies. he is here to chase the support of far left voters. there were lessons there, too. translation: i d like you to address the needs of us - workers, increase salaries, because today we can t make ends meet. marine le pen is doing better in this election because she has spent years talking about rising prices and the struggle to make ends meet. her solutions include no income