Lyon: This city is the second-largest in the country. As Christmas approaches, the streets are only half as full as they should be. The Lights Festival, during which people cover the city with candles, has been cancelled. All out of fear of a terrorist attack. But this is not what makes people vote for the far right. "It's been going on for years", says a local, "each time more people vote for Le Pen out of disappointment - they say 'we tried both left and right, so now we should try Front National'." The far-right National Front (FN), led first by Jean-Marie Le Pen, and since 2011 by his daughter, Marine Le Pen, has been...
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