“For 5000 euros from my pocket”: candidates campaigning for the legislative elections also face inflation

In the space of a year, Faustine Maliar has twice traveled the 6th district of Pas-de-Calais in her van – a partial legislative event finally won by the current Minister of Health, Brigitte Bourguignon, had taken place in June 2020 – and the price for its second campaign has soared. “Paper prices have taken 15%, and the increase is reflected in each document”, blows the candidate Les Républicains in the elections of June 12 and 19, who relies heavily on leaflets in this rural “circo”, to the population rather old.