CNN goes to the heart of a lapen stronghold, frejus. The town consistently votes for miss lepen's national rally. There we meet with frank gilletti, who's the regional head of the party. When i press him about wearing the hajab he gets frustrated and lapses into french is not te samde idenoise so i don't atte whyssuritasabmoc metavirto the connotation is not the same. He says, to wear the veil is linked to a political agenda. This is key for those on the hard right, the only kind of islam is the political kind.
The first round of the presidential election is on Sunday and our first-ever series has been following the race closely. This compendium of the first six dispatches looks at the candidates, their platforms and the sharply shifting political landscape in France.
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