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Rise of the fringe parties in France

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Hard-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour polled relatively well among the Parisian elite.

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Jason Walsh for The Straits Times in Paris

PARIS - The sun beat down on the pavements of Paris on Sunday, a bright and clear, if not warm, sunny spring day much like any other. It was also the day for round one of the hotly contested 2022 presidential election.
Hotly contested, at least, for the media.
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