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Nabila Ramdani

Locked Down at Home, Much of France Is Quietly Rooting for Biden

People pass a poster depicting French presidential election candidate for the far-right Front National (FN) Marine Le Pen with the face of U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017. JOEL SAGET/AFP via Getty Images

PARIS—There are plenty of American-style diners and bars in major French cities, and they reported roaringly successful election-night parties four years ago.

Some remained open all night to broadcast Donald Trump’s election as Le Président, with viewers—whether French or expat Americans—describing it as one of the most extraordinary and (it has to be said) entertaining political dramas of all time.

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