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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

France has a record number of presidential hopefuls. Will any of them be able to hold back the far right?

people holding signs that read L'union pour gagner Front populaire
At a gathering this week, leftwing voters came together to call for unity in order to tackle the rise of the far right in France. Photograph: Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas/AFP/Getty Images

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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