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A Green Wave in French Municipal Elections?

Lisa Bryant

   PARIS - Amid stalls of vegetables and cheap clothes, party faithful
   push campaign flyers at Saint-Denis' weekly market near the French
   capital under scudding clouds. Some shoppers brush past, unconvinced by
   the political offers. Others accept the colorful manifestos, stuffing
   them between bags of cassavas and oranges.

   Located a few miles outside Paris, this gritty suburb is the ultimate
   French melting pot, boasting no fewer than 140 different nationalities.
   Ahead of the first round of French municipal elections Sunday -- still
   on track, despite the coronavirus outbreak -- bread-and-butter issues
   like fighting crime and increasing affordable housing rank high.

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