In 2017, Muslim social worker Zouhairr Ech Chetouani campaigned for Emmanuel Macron in Asnières-sur-Seine, plastering posters of the centrist politician all over the suburb of northern Paris he calls home.
Five years after Macron’s victory against Marine Le Pen, the 47-year-old says he is tempted to cast a blank ballot in the rematch between the two politicians on April 24. Reasons include security laws Ech Chetouani feels disproportionately target Muslims and the president’s failure to tend to poor suburbs where many immigrants and their descendants live.
