24 hours until D-Day, France It is divided between the illusion of the extreme right to come to power for the first time in the Fifth Republic and the concern and fear of the left and the center that this will happen.Although the polls show a very close battle, this is due to the alliance between the left and the cordon sanitaire agreed with Emmanuel Macron to combat the far right of Marine Le Pen.

The polls show her as the clear winner of the elections, but not with enough representation to govern. What is clear is that the rise of the far right will be confirmed this Sunday, an arrival at the political front line justified by Roger Perrinjaquet, a sociologist.

“There is a structural factor in the underlying work of the National Front, and on the other hand, a situation this year in which there is a problem of purchasing power that is real and extremely difficult.”

The situation of division between the countryside and the city has become palpablebut fragmentation does not only exist between the countryside and the city, but also between large cities such as multicultural Marseille and Lyon. However, these populations are united by the cordon sanitaire against the far right announced by their respective mayors despite their social differences.

But are not the only ones. There are politicians across France who are ready to continue fighting the far right above all else.as is the case of Stéphane Mazars, an exceptional case of survival with great results within Macron’s Ensemble coalition: “I think there will be many Renaissance voters who will form a cordon sanitaire around the National Rally because we may have different ideas with other political formations, but this is truly a difference of values.”

Whatever the case, France is playing its cards this Sunday. A battle between the far right and the rest of the parties, in which only the ballot box can decide the winner.