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Robert Menard, whose list « Choisir Beziers » (Choose Beziers) is supported by the far-right Front National party (FN), casts his ballot at a polling station in Beziers, southwestern France, in the first round of the French municipal elections on March 23, 2014. Sunday’s contest is the first nationwide vote since Socialist leader Francois Hollande was elected as president two years ago. AFP PHOTO / SYLVAIN THOMAS