Across the Gironde estuary from the chateaux of Haut-Médoc lie the less fashionable farmlands of the region around Bordeaux.(从 Haut-Médoc 的城堡隔吉伦特河口相望，是波尔多周边地区那些不太时髦的农田。) They have been triply battered(遭受重创) of late(近来): by extreme heat, higher energy costs and a global decline in the drinking of everyday wine. Many farmers have given up. Blackened piles of vines lie in fields ready to be burned. This year 1,095 winegrowers in the Gironde have ripped out(拔除) 7,825 hectares (19,336 acres) of vines. Over a quarter of the region’s vineyards have been destroyed since 2023.
从 Haut-Médoc 的城堡隔吉伦特河口相望，是波尔多周边地区那些不太时髦的农田。这些农田近来遭受了三重打击：极端高温、能源成本上升以及日常葡萄酒消费的全球性下滑。许多农民已经放弃。田地里躺着成堆发黑的葡萄藤，等待被焚烧。今年，吉伦特省有 1,095 名葡萄种植者拔除了 7,825 公顷（19,336 英亩）的葡萄藤。自 2023 年以来，该地区超过四分之一的葡萄园已被毁。
In the city of Bordeaux, rioters have set barricades(路障) ablaze in recent weeks. But here in the countryside France’s discontent(不满) is quieter and less visible. In the town of Blaye, pupils blockaded(封锁) their secondary school, but it passed off(平静地过去) calmly; on a weekday after school teenagers can be found playing cards at pavement tables in the Bar des Sports. The feeling is distress rather than rage. Locals are sceptical about the future and worried about the cost of filling the tank in a place where a car is essential, and think the government is doing nothing to help.(当地人对未来持怀疑态度，担心加油的成本——在这个汽车必不可少的地方——并认为政府没有采取任何帮助措施。) “I’m sad, not angry,” says a vineyard owner, who is packing it in(放弃) after 30 years due to the collapse of exports to China and of wine-drinking in France, adding: “We have a president who doesn’t listen.”
在波尔多市，骚乱者近几周点燃了路障。但在乡村地区，法国的不满情绪更为安静，也不那么显眼。在布莱镇，学生们封锁了他们的中学，但事情平静地过去了；工作日放学后，可以看到青少年在体育酒吧的人行道桌边打牌。人们的感受是苦恼而非愤怒。当地人对未来持怀疑态度，担心加油的成本——在这个汽车必不可少的地方——并认为政府没有采取任何帮助措施。“我很难过，不是生气，”一位葡萄园主说，由于对华出口和法国国内葡萄酒消费的崩溃，他在30年后决定放弃，并补充道：“我们有一个不听人说话的总统。”
For decades rural Gironde tilted(倾向) to the left, while the centre-right ruled in the prosperous city of Bordeaux. For 20 years the parliamentary constituency around Blaye was held by a Socialist, before swinging to the centrist party of President Emmanuel Macron in 2017.(20年来，布莱镇周边的议会选区一直由社会党人把持，直到2017年转向总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙的中间派政党。) At parliamentary elections in 2022, however, the seat was captured(夺得) by Edwige Diaz of Marine Le Pen’s populist-right National Rally (RN)(国民联盟（法国极右翼政党）). Two years later she was re-elected in the first round, with 53% of the vote. In September the 39-year-old Ms Diaz, whose grandfather was a Spanish Communist, was elected to the Senate(法国参议院).
几十年来，吉伦特省乡村地区一直倾向左翼，而中右翼则统治着繁荣的波尔多市。20年来，布莱镇周边的议会选区一直由社会党人把持，直到2017年转向总统埃马纽埃尔·马克龙的中间派政党。然而，在2022年的议会选举中，该席位被玛丽娜·勒庞领导的民粹右翼国民联盟（RN）的埃德维热·迪亚兹夺得。两年后，她在第一轮选举中以53%的得票率再次当选。9月，39岁的迪亚兹女士——她的祖父是西班牙共产党人——当选参议员。