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Marseille (France), Jun 26 (EFE) .- (Camera: Rafael Cañas) The Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region has become the great booty of the second round of the French regional elections this Sunday, given the possibility of that the extreme right-wing Agrupación Nacional (RN) gets its first regional government.FOOTAGE OF MARSEILLESOUNDBITES BY SERGE (CITIZEN)TRANSLATION1.- "There are two essential reasons. Here at the edge of the sea people go to the beach all day, and the elections are in second place after the beach. And the second reason is that I think there are many people who are a little disgusted by what happens in politics "2.- "I think there is going to be an awakening, a democratic awakening. People who are going to vote, but they will do it to barricade. As we see it often in the elections, finally there are people who are going to vote in the second round to do so. barricade. It is what I think will happen. I think that tomorrow the National Group will not happen. "
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal, accompanied by Employment Minister, Catherine Vautrin, and Industry Minister Roland Lescure, visited the Mauffrey Academy, a training centre for transport and logistics professions in Eloyes in the Vosges region of northeastern France. (COMPLETES VIDI34KK624_EN) IMAGES
Protesting French farmers are blocking the A7 motorway in the Drome region of south-east France with around thirty tractors on both lanes, causing a traffic jam of several kilometres' length near the town of Albon. IMAGES
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French President Emmanuel Macron, accompanied by his wife and several ministers, visits Saint-Omer in the northern Pas-de-Calais region, which has been devastated by several days of rain, flooding and high water, to offer his support. IMAGES
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