France has a record number of presidential hopefuls. Will any of them be able to hold back the far right?
by Angelique Chrisafis in Paris from World news | The Guardian on (#75GH6)
About 30 people - nearly all men - have expressed an interest in taking on the far-right National Rally in next year's ballot
At a Paris meeting hall this week, hundreds of leftwing voters braved a rainstorm to gather chanting: Unity! Unity!"
They were celebrating the 90th anniversary of France's Popular Front, a leftwing alliance that was formed in the 1930s amid fears that the far right could take power. But their concerns were more immediate.
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