Encounter
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His name is Moussa, her name is Sandrine. They live on the same floor, in a building in the northern suburbs of Paris. On June 9, the first discovered that the second had voted for the National Rally in the European elections.
In the lobby of the building, late in the morning, Moussa (1) lets the postman finish his work. Leaning against the wall, he watches as he puts bad news and bills in the mailboxes while carrying him. The postman packs up. He climbs on his bike to continue his tour in this city in the northern suburbs of Paris, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The way is clear. Moussa, at the limit of double meter, returns to a story that he already briefly posted on social networks before deleting it. Her next-door neighbor, Sandrine (1), voted for Jordan Bardella in the European elections. She told him on voting day. “I did not expect that.” Moussa replays the scene while standing up. “I ran into her here in the hall. She was coming back from the polling station.” The thirty-year-old only gave a polite smile in return; too busy to chat. Sandrine, 56, told him without animosity. “Naturally.” They have known each other almost forever. Not a single problem on the clock. “I like him, my parents do too. Frankly, it doesn’t change anything for me, she’s still my next-door neighbor. She’s right in front of my door. We watched his children grow up.”
At nightfall, after the official announcement of the canon result of the National Rally