Vents de colère en Outre-mer (2023)

In April 2022, the vast majority of the French overseas territories stayed away from the polls. And those who did turned out were in for a surprise. The results are unambiguous: in all overseas departments and collectivities, apart from those in the Pacific, the RN candidate beat incumbent president Emmanuel Macron. How could the heirs of Aimé Césaire, Frantz Fanon, Édouard Glissant, Patrick Chamoiseau, Raphael Confiant, Maryse Condé or Kassav' vote for the heiress of the French far right?