Showing posts with label Burgundy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Burgundy. Show all posts

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Marine Le Pen's Rise in 'Forgotten France'


In the run-up to the French presidential election, the far-right Front National leader has courted growing numbers of voters in rural France where residents of villages and small towns have seen factories close and services disappear. Le Pen calls this ‘forgotten France’. Angelique Chrisafis went to a Burgundy heartland of the left to meet voters turning to Le Pen