The Occitanie region of southern France has historically been left-leaning, but in the town of Béziers, far-right voters, who elected the mayor Robert Ménard, with the support of the National Rally, are backing Éric Zemmour. "We think that a lot of things need to change in France, and I think that Éric Zemmour is the right person to do that", says the leader of the local chapter of the "Friends of Zemmour" group. But with its high poverty rates and people struggling to make ends meet, some warn that electing a populist could spell disaster for the city. (COMPLETES STOCKSHOTS VIDI9VW2QT_EN) IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES