A Tour of France: Examining the New Sick Man of Europe

Major feature. The TV images of the Tour de France show an idyllic country, but behind the gloss is a nation where fears of decline are prompting people to vote for the far right. A trip along the route of the world's most famous cycling race reveals the deep uncertainty ailing the French.

ESO: Background information: Battered Socialists hold Paris as far right makes gains in local elections / Hollande names Interior Minister Manuel Valls as France’s new prime minister http://www.europeansources.info/record/battered-socialists-hold-paris-as-far-right-makes-gains-in-local-elections-hollande-names-interior-minister-manuel-valls-as-frances-new-prime-minister/

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