Less separate, more equal
AT THE National Front's congress in Strasbourg at the weekend, two of the stars were Catherine and Bruno Mégret. She was fresh from her victory in the mayoral election in Vitrolles, in southern France; he came top in the voting for the party's central committee. “Our voters wanted us to scare people who don't belong,” said Mrs Mégret soon after her mayoral win. France, she explained, is being “overrun” with immigrants.
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The return of Europe’s oldest scourge
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