Several far-right mayors in France have taken down EU flags from the facades of their town halls

Several far-right mayors in France have taken down EU flags from the facades of their town halls

 Blanca CRUZ

Several recently elected far-right mayors have taken down European Union flags from the facades of their town halls, in a move the French government denounced as "populism".

Marine Le Pen's anti-immigration, eurosceptic National Rally (RN) party is on the rise and hopes to win the country's top job in next year's presidential election. 

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