BONUS: Travelling through Macron’s France, from the Channel to the Mediterranean
World Review from the New Statesman
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The True Cost of a Great Replacement
V son is an old industrial town in central france, perched on the northern side of the valley of a cher river. Built in viezon between 19 53 and 19 57, the two o one helped to feed the nation in what came to be known as the trant glories. But then from about 19 75, that growth went into reverse as industry declined. Now it is mostly derelict, part from one end occupied by an already tired looking cinemar and bowling alley. It typifies what the geo rapher christo guier calls le france perifelique, the smallerd mid sized towns left behind by the cities.
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