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00:00Markets in France's central Auvergne region seem timeless.
00:06This is France's best cheese, Saler.
00:09The products sold here are good, but like elsewhere in France,
00:13people struggle to buy everything they need.
00:19It's also expensive and pensions are so low,
00:21even when we have worked all of our lives.
00:24Between the vegetable stalls,
00:27some buyers are as divided as French MPs,
00:31over which policies should be passed first.
00:35Scrapping the pensions reform sounds good,
00:37and also raising the minimum salary by 200 euros.
00:42When will we find the money to finance those measures?
00:45We already have a debt of 3 trillion euros.
00:49One thing the villagers do share
00:52is defiance towards political parties.
00:56They should think of France and of the people.
00:59All they think about is their seat.
01:03Political discussions continue over lunch,
01:06with many remaining sceptical about the chances
01:09of seeing French parties working together.
01:13I think France won't have a functional coalition
01:16until the presidential election in three years.
01:20And for this voter, the chances of far-right leader Marine Le Pen
01:25in the next presidential elections will only increase
01:29if other parties remain divided.