If opinion polls are correct, then France is poised to swing to the right over the course of local elections taking place over two rounds starting this Sunday. Could Paris — which has been run by a Socialist party for a quarter of a century — buck the trend? The result is predicted to be tight. Deutsche Welle, DW’s, Inside Europe Correspondent John Laurenson has been taking the pulse of the city.
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