Donzy – The famous village predicted the French presidential election results

Surely few people have ever heard of a small French village named Donzy, a typical village often appears on postcards, symbolizing rural and peaceful life only about 200km from Paris. However, in many vote Presidential election spanning the past few decades, the village of Donzy has attracted attention again in a unique way: Since 1981, the winner of the election in the village of Donzy has always coincided with the winner of the national election. . Because of this coincidence, a lot of attention was focused on the village election results.

Mr. Coudray-Ozbolt in the morning received reporters from AFP news agency. Photo: AFP

From the beginning of April, Mr. Frederic Coudray-Ozbolt, a geese farmer, has prepared himself to welcome strangers to this quiet village – journalists knocking on the door and asking about the results of the general election. system.

“It makes us feel like we’re part of France,” Coudray-Ozbolt told AFP.

Mr. Coudray-Ozbolt debates with his wife about who to vote for in the 2012 French presidential election. Photo: Reuters

In the first round of voting of the 2017 presidential election, it seemed that the villagers of Donzy did not correctly predict, but in the second round of voting, the choice of Donzy village was the same as the rest of France – vote for Mr. Emmanuel Macron, a 39-year-old.

But five years later, which is now, Mr. Coudray-Ozbolt said he was hesitant about continuing to vote for incumbent President Macron again.

The 54-year-old man hesitated for a reason. Because, according to him, “There are too many PR tricks in this election,” Mr. Coudray-Ozbolt said. “Every day the candidates all announce something new. How many of them will come true?”.

The peaceful village attracts the press once every five years on the eve of the election. Photo: DW

France has three times closed a comprehensive blockade to combat the COVID-19 epidemic since 2020. New normal life has not been long since the French people continue to be affected by the Russia-Ukraine conflict. , causing household spending to be strongly affected.

‘People are worried and they find it difficult to think about the future,’ said Marie-France Lurier, the mayor of the village of Donzy, adding that, “The biggest, fundamental concern right now is the biggest concern right now. People’s concerns are spending, the desire to increase the basic salary as well as the fear of rising fuel prices.

In these days, the dominant topic mentioned in Donzy village is the sudden price increases that make the prices of some items higher than the 4.5% inflation rate announced by the government. Therefore, the majority of voters in Donzy said they would vote for the candidate who could solve the above problems.

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