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French far-right sweeps to victory in local election

Decisive win came despite calls from President François Hollande’s Socialist Party for Left to rally behind conservative UMP candidate.

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France’s Front National swept to victory over the country’s mainstream centre-right opposition in a closely watched local election on Sunday in a vote widely seen as presaging big advances by the far-right party in next year’s European and municipal elections, reports The Financial Times.

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